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LOT 1905
Natural History - Quartz Crystal 'Flower' Specimen
5 in. (312 grams, 12.6 cm).
A quartz crystal 'flower' specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Green Rhyolite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A short cylindrical specimen of green rhyolite with slightly domed upper face and a polished base. 82 grams, 37 mm
From St. Edidien, Germany. Private collection, Munster, Germany. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. 405 grams total, 11.9 cm wide each
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - 'Guppy' Fossil Fish Plate
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A sedimentary matrix displaying at least 11 full and partial fossil 'guppy' fish; a mortality plate. 1.1 kg, 29 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
