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LOT 1739
Natural History - Selenite 'Desert Rose' Cluster
5 1/2 in. (586 grams, 14 cm).
A cluster of large selenite 'desert rose' specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
A group of two cut and polished amethyst obelisks; held in a white card collector's tray. 70 grams total, 46-48 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Caledonia Mine Native Copper Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A group of 13 Caledonia mine native copper specimens, each mounted on foam and held in a white card collector's tray accompanied by an identification label; accompanied by typed labels reading 'Michigan copper ore. Calumet and Helca conglomerate centennial #6 mine Houghton Co., Michigan.' 209 grams total, 41 mm each including box
From Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Bivalve Group
Jurassic Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A pair of fossilised bivalves. 434 grams total, 71-83 mm
From the Morondava River Basin, Atsimo-Andrefana region, Southwest Madagascar. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
