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LOT 2542
Polished Fossil Sand Dollar Group
MIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 25 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 7/8 in. (325 grams total, 58-73 mm).
Comprising three domed and polished specimens. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2542
Polished Fossil Sand Dollar Group
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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A Collection of High Quality Crystal Specimens
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: two quartz specimens from the famous Minas Gerais in Brazil; two pyrite specimens from Huanaco in Peru; dark purple amethyst from Antigas in Uruguay; and a crystalline malachite specimen. 658 grams total, 36-73 mm
From Brazil, Peru, Uraguay, and The Democratic Republic of Congo. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Box of Thirty [30] Individually Boxed and Labelled Realgar Orpiment Specimens
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Boxed group of red-orange realgar orpiment specimens set on foam bases inside labelled specimen trays. 762 grams total, 18-40 mm
From Getchel, Nevada, USA. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
This is a toxic arsenic mineral. -
Fossil Euomphaloceras Ammonite
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Euomphaloceras cunningtoni with prominent protrusions on all outer ribs, old inked collector's notes '209' and 'Euomphaloceras Cunningtoni ?'. 830 grams, 13 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.