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LOT 3105
Purple Grape Agate Crystal Display Specimen
3/4 in. (5.9 grams total, crystal: 19 mm).
Cluster of small spherical crystals coated with druzy quartz. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 3105
Purple Grape Agate Crystal Display Specimen
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two rounded pebbles, the left specimen Dactylioceras tenuicostatum, the one on the right Dactylioceras commune or athleticum. 789 grams total, 88-95 mm
From Sussex, UK. The present part of the collection was gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Fossil Orthoceras Polished Display Plaque
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A textured matrix set with Orthoceras specimens. 1.49 kg, 27 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Eurypterid Fossil Sea Scorpion
Silurian Period, circa 432-418 million years B.P.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Showing the armoured shell of the marine arthropod on a rectangular matrix. 1.89 kg, 22 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Eurypterids could grow to up to one metre in size to compete with armoured fish for food and territory.
