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LOT 2831
Quartz with Pyrite 'Fairystone' Mineral Display Specimen
3 1/8 in. (145 grams, 80 mm).
Displaying a large quantity of small clear prismatic quartz crystals and some striated pyrite crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 2831
Quartz with Pyrite 'Fairystone' Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Massive Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With one polished face showing attractive colouring. 5.45 kg, 27.5 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Cut and Polished Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Each side showing crystallisation within the gas chambers. 380 grams total, 12.6-12.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Unpolished Large Fossil Tree Branch Section Group [20]
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising twenty cut sections of petrified tree branches. 1.26 kg total, 40-75 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.