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LOT 2539
Natural History - Purple Quartz Crystal Nodule
2 in. (105 grams total, 50 mm).
The rounded pebble split open to reveal the internal cavity filled with quartz crystals in enhanced purple colour. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Boxed Unpolished Fossil Tree Branch Section Group [8]
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Hamatolenus Trilobite
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.