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LOT 2482
Polished Labradorite Sphere
PRECAMBRIAN PERIOD, PAN-AFRICAN OROGENY, CIRCA 600-500 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (2.04 kg, 10.5 cm).
A large, polished sphere of labradorite showing characteristic, mainly blue labradorescence.
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 2482
Polished Labradorite Sphere
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£385 (EUR 447; USD 520) +BP*
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Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. 1.16 kg, 13.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mixed Cornwall and Other Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: quartz from Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall; smoky quartz from Virginia Pit, St Stephen, Cornwall; chalcopyrite from Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall; rhodonite from Greystone Wood Mine, Lawhitton, Cornwall; tourmaline from Buttern Hill Placers, Altarnun, Cornwall; rutile from Lanterdan Quarry, Treknow, Cornwall; epimorph in siderite from Virtuous Lady Mine Buckland, Monachorum, Devon; banded gneiss specimen. 2.04 kg total, 3.2-13.7 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Douvilleiceras Mammilatum Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Showing prominent ribbing and some iridescence. 167 grams, 71 mm
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.
