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LOT 2753
Natural History - Pyrite 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (645 grams total, 14-29 mm).
Comprising small nuggets, some with cut edges. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2753
Natural History - Pyrite 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Extremely Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A magnificent display tower of several polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured background; repaired. 43.4 kg, 1.28 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 6349 Meteorite Slice
Found 2010 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A scarce brachinite slice recorded as: Northwest Africa 6349; displayed in a Swiss membrane box, inked 'NWA 6349' to one side. 12 grams, 65 mm (78 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)
From the Sahara, N.W. Africa. Ex Chladnis Heirs. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original identification card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: tuff from Chineham District Centre, Chineham, Basingstoke, England, collection number 532; pale apple-green gypsum from Rudna Copper Mine, Lubin, Poland, collection number 576; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 501; a cut and polished agate geode half from Brazil, collection number 68; asrophyllite from Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, collection number 556; breccia, collection number 188; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; boleite, collection number 553. 1.46 kg total, 3.5-11.5 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. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.