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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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Encapsulated Meteorite Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising ten encapsulated specimen cards with meteorite fragments from: Chinga Meteorite, Russia; Gibeon Meteorite from Namibia; fragments from Namibia/Botswana; and Kalahari Plateau, Africa. 90 grams total, 30 x 22 cm
From Applause, Inc., California, USA. 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. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising two quadrilateral bookend carved from fossiliferous stone, each set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen on a textured background. 3.47 kg total, 16 cm each
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Very Large Selenite Satin Spar Wand
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A very large section of twinned crystal wand. 334 grams, 37 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
