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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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Amethyst Bead Necklace Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising five necklaces, each with graduated mainly tubular amethyst beads with floral gold-coloured spacers, three with a tabular centrepiece; restrung. 385 grams total, 57-73 cm
Ex property of a West London gentleman; his collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
Celestine Sulphate Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A radiating cluster of white tabular crystals (SrSO4) with dusting of orange mineral present at the tips. 123 grams, 62 mm
From Hammam-Zriba Mine, Tunisia. Acquired at the Bakewell Show, UK, 7 October 2000. 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. -
Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
An opened nodule lined with dyed pink quartz crystals. 182 grams total, 66-70 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
