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LOT 2758
Purple Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Set
3 1/8 - 3 1/4 in. (137 grams total, 80-84 mm).
Comprising three tall obelisks with facetted edges. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Amethyst Bead Necklace Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three necklaces, each composed of facetted tubular amethyst beads and ellipsoid tabular centerpiece, with floral gold-coloured spacers; restrung. 211 grams total, 52-72 cm
Ex property of a West London, UK, gentleman; his collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
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Large Deep Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Each with large purple pyramidal crystals. 1.06 kg total, 8-13.6 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Diplomystus Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diplomystus sp. in a rectangular matrix. 1.52 kg, 22 x 16 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
