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LOT 2439
Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (138 grams total, 62-65 mm).
A pair of polished goniatites showing some internal structure. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Morocco, North Africa.
Property of an Essex gallery.
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Polished Amethyst Crystal Geode Display with Calcite
Cretaceous Period, circa 120-140 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £650
The outer layer of green celadonite beautifully polished, the interior with dark purple prismatic amethyst crystals, and at the top, an aggregate of white rhombohedral calcite crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 5.68 kg, 27 x 20 x 10 cm
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
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Campo del Cielo Meteorite Necklace
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A nickel-iron meteorite (IAB) with a suspension loop and cord for wearing. 6.68 grams, Meteorite: 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8-ton Gancedo and 28.8-ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal, which was assumed to be an iron mine, and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774, Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 199,0 it became protected by law. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mimetite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; stibnite from Wheal Leigh, Pillaton, Cornwall; scorodite from Hemerdon Ball mine, Plympton, Devon; goethite from Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; rutile from Brazil; galena from Mendip Hills, Somerset; pyromorphite from Burgam Mine, Stiperstones, Shropshire; fluorite and calcite from Harding County, Illinois, USA; crystalline malachite from Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 843 grams total, 1.9-10.5 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
