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LOT 2499
Natural History - Pyrites 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group
1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (672 grams total, 15-36 mm).
Comprising around 80 pyrites or 'fool's gold' crystal specimens. [80, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Peru.
From the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ or later collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregory, Bottley & Co.
(1932-1981) and previously J.R.Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898).
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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LOT 2499
Natural History - Pyrites 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 55 grams, 63 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
Eocene Period, circa 55-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
An agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. 9.4 grams, 33 mm
From the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Sahara Desert Stony Iron Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Irregular mass with a natural fracture line. 80 grams, 71 mm
From the Sahara Desert Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.