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LOT 2246
Natural History - Unpolished Cut Amethyst Crystal Geode Slice
9 5/8 in. (613 grams, 24.5 cm).
With two straight edges, cut to expose the inner structure of a geode with layers of amethyst and other crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2246
Natural History - Unpolished Cut Amethyst Crystal Geode Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising approximately 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. 100 grams total, 5-14 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - A Collection of Natural History Items
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Including the skull and mandible of a primate, a scorpion in perspex matrix and various shells. 245 grams total, 3.5-11.7 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 269 grams total, 10.5-10.7 cm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
