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LOT 2550
Natural History - Pyrite Crystal 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (911 grams total, 19-30 mm).
Comprising nuggets of small crystal clusters. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2550
Natural History - Pyrite Crystal 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic Large Tourmaline in Quartz Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
The specimen with a large deep blue to blue-green tourmaline crystal embedded in a large quartz crystal, collection number 336. 3.02 kg, 14.5 cm
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 - Fossil Coral Heart
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A palm stone formed from a colony of fossilised coral. 130 grams, 67 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 3151 Meteorite Slice
Found 2005 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A cut slice of brachinite, recorded as: Northwest Africa 3151; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'NWA 3151' to one side. 13 grams, 64 mm (78.9 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)
From the Sahara, N.W. Africa. Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
The total known weight of the meteorite is 1500 grams in a single oriented stone with a translucent honey brown crust, and it measured 115 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm prior to cutting.
