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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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Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Large cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 375 grams total, 11.4-13.3 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. -
Fossil Otodus Shark's Tooth Necklace
Eocene Period, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising an Otodus obliquus tooth made into a pendant and suspended from a cord necklace; supplied in a gift box. 8.6 grams total, tooth: 31 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Natural Pink Tourmaline Crystal Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising unpolished tourmaline crystals with quartz and mica, including an amethyst crystal. 178 grams total, 11-37 mm
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.
