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LOT 2731
Polished Fossilised Tree Trunk Section
LATE TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 225 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (826 grams, 10.8 cm).
A cut freestanding section showing attractive agatized patterns and some bark detail to the outer edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A shallow bowl carved from fossiliferous stones containing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. 183 grams, 12 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Boxed Optical Selenite Mineral Specimen Group [9]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising ten cut wand sections showing typical 'television stone effect'; each in a cardboard specimen box. 157 grams total, 25-37 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A large cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 224 grams, 20.9 cm
From Greece. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
