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LOT 2427
Polished Mineral Specimen Egg Collection
2 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (780 grams total, 60-68 mm).
Comprising three egg-shaped agate specimens and one in blue calcite(?). [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceBurwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Boxed Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each in a labelled box, comprising: quartz from Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil; crystalline malachite from D.R. Congo; sphalerite and pyrite from Huanuco, Peru. 620 grams total, 70-71 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three rounded geode halves with the internal cavity filled with a blanket of light purple and grey crystals, one with a single 'unicorn horn'-shaped quartz crystal, one with a pyramidal formation of brown calcite, and one with two large clear quartz crystals. 995 grams total, 81-94 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Group
Ordovician Period, circa 510-445 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mixed group of various sizes, all with preserved scales and tripartite body structure. 983 grams total, 65-85 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.