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LOT 2645
Natural History - Popcorn Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [3]
3 - 3 5/8 in. (612 grams total, 75-92 mm).
Comprising three irregular sections with white crystal formations. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2645
Natural History - Popcorn Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Historic 'Vera Cruz, Mexico' Amethyst Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Consisting of two well-formed amethyst crystals extending from a bed of white quartz crystals, collection number 575, with an old A.L.D. Milverton label. 16 grams, 43 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, South West Africa' Dioptase Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With small, well-formed emerald-green, pinkish white and turquoise green crystals, collection number 518. 24.9 grams, 35 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card and an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. -
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised Flexicalymene sp. trilobite. 283 grams, 77 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.