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LOT 2852
Polished Mixed Jasper Mineral Specimen Group [51]
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (457 grams total, 19-42 mm).
A mixed group of red and leopard's skin jasper pebbles. [51, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Gypsum Pink Alabaster Specimen
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3
Displaying natural veining and areas of darker colour. 843 grams, 11.4 cm
From Aust Cliff, River Severn, Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society 1998. 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. -
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Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: five mineral specimens in glass bottles; gypsum from Mexico, collection number 79; cerussite from Ireland, collection number 284; granite from England, collection number 406; quartzite from North Transvaal, South Africa; and three large mineral specimens. 5.25 kg total, 2.5-19 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Four specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Detailed Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, Toarcian, circa 184.2-174.7 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
An impressive freestanding structure containing scallop and belemnite fossils, as well as Hammatoceras and Grammoceras sp. ammonites showing strong ribbing, the largest specimen measuring 23 cm in diameter. 50.1 kg, 64.5 cm
with Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.27.
