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LOT 2179
Natural History - Purple Agate Cut and Polished Geode Half Group [6]
2 1/4 - 2 3/4 in. (1.09 kg total, 58-69 mm).
Comprising six examples in enhanced purple colour. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2179
Natural History - Purple Agate Cut and Polished Geode Half Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Large Icelandic Spar Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Or optical calcite, cut into parallelepiped sections, each displaying typical birefringence. 1 kg total, 36-44 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Leaf Group
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two matrices containing fossil leaves of the Salix sp. and a Betula sp. (birch) together with other partials. 385 grams total, 6-13.2 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), Uintah County, Utah, USA. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising five polished Orthoceras sp. specimens. 80 grams total, 44-49 mm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.