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LOT 2769
Natural History - Satin Spar Wand Group [50]
2 - 2 3/4 in. (782 grams total, 50-71 mm).
With silky lustre, crystallised form of gypsum; each cut to a length. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Amethyst Crystal Geode Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Spherical geode cut in half exposing the internal cavity filled with dark purple amethyst crystals. 1.05 kg total, 11.2 cm each
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: brown apache calcite, collection number 150; tincalconite from Kramer district, Kern County, California, USA, collection number 259; two agate and quartz slices from Brazil, collection number 353; gypsum in desert rose form from Mexico, collection number 31; epidote on orthoclase from USA, collection number 298; quartz from Derbyshire, England, collection number 416; apophyllite from Poona, India, collection number 386; a cut and polished slice of agate from Brazil, collection number 334. 311 grams total, 42-63 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Orthoceras sp. fossils set to the frontal face. 3.46 kg total, 16 cm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.