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LOT 2395
Quartz Crystal Specimen
3 5/8 in. (148 grams, 91 mm).
Containing various sizes of prismatic crystals on a light-coloured matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gallery.
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three polished examples showing some inner structure. 223 grams total, 63-65 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery. -
Mixed British and Portuguese Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: quartz from Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall; chalcanthite from Hanover Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall; dolomite from Panasquiera Mines, Portugal; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries; polished section of agate from Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset; scorodite from Wheal Maid, Gwennap, Cornwall; andradite and granite from Belstone Consols, Belstone, Devon; baryte from Barras End Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire; pyromorphite from Wheal Rose, Porthleven, Cornwall; steatite from Trevassack Quarry, Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall. 2.8 kg total, 5-11.7 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Mexico Red Calcite Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A group of forty-two cut red calcite mineral specimens in various shapes and sizes. 356 grams total, 25-40mm
Very fine condition.
From the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ or later collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
