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LOT 2716
Polished Snowflake Obsidian and Turquenite Palm Stone Collection
1 1/4 - 1 3/4 in. (450 grams total, 34-45 mm).
A mixed group of polished snowflake obsidian and brightly-coloured turquenite (turquoise howlite) pebbles. [23, No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2716
Polished Snowflake Obsidian and Turquenite Palm Stone Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Realgar Crystal with Orpiment Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Red crystals of realgar with orpiment. 8.98 grams, 28 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Lazurite Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Dark blue lazurite on matrix. 129 grams, 74 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 170 grams, 62 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
