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LOT 2430
Natural Stone Collection
2 - 3 1/8 in. (1.06 kg total, 50-79 mm).
Including an ashtray and two paperweights carved from banded stone. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceBurwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Collection
Ordovician Period, circa 510-445 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mixed group of various sizes, all with preserved scales and tripartite body structure. 1.56 kg total, 7.9-10 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Crystal and Mineral Specimen Collection [7]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: a cleaved octahedron fluorite crystal from Illinois, USA; citrine geode slice; quartz with pyrite(?); octahedral pyrite with serpentine; hexagonal yellow calcite in matrix; fire opal set in egg-shaped matrix; an unidentified mineral specimen with flower-like clusters of reddish brown crystals. 1.08 kg total, 36-99 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Amber with Ant
Carboniferous Period, over 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A polished section containing an ant and other inclusions. 1.66 grams, 21 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.