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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 - Popcorn Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three irregular sections with white crystal formations. 612 grams total, 75-92 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite Group
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a pair of coprolites. 300 grams total, 75-83 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: fluorite from Brazil, collection number 116; bornite and quartz on fuchsite from Messini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 194; galena from Brazil, collection number 74; two samples of bornite, chalcosine and covelline from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 303; specular hematite from Elba, Italy, collection number 489, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; adamite, collection number 179; wolframite from Cligger Head, Cornwall, England, collection number 347; hematite from Morocco, collection number 138; specular hematite from England, collection number 78. 1.44 kg total, 26-83 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.