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LOT 2731
Pyrite Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
1 5/8 in. (318 grams, 41 mm).
A cuboid pyrite crystal displaying metallic lustre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Chelyabinsk Impact-Melt LL5 Chondrite Meteorite
Fell 09:22 on 15 February 2013Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
An uncut specimen of dark-colour displaying fusion crust. 24 grams, 32 mm
Found Chelybinskaya oblast, Russia. Ex Michael Farmer Meteorites, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Ex USA market. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a Michael Farmer dealer card and a Swiss membrane box. -
Tourmaline Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A large section of tourmaline displaying typical striations on the outer faces and mainly blue and purple colour with a thin layer of green at one end. 188 grams, 53 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Insect Legs in Polished Amber
Pliocene Epoch, 5.33-2.58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
An oval piece containing long spindly legs. 1.06 grams, 21 mm
From Colombia, South America. 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.
