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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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Fossilised Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone Group
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two portions of bone, possibly an astragalus; abraded. 2.06 kg total, 14.8-15.5 cm
Found Walton-on-the-Naze beach, Essex, UK, circa 2006. -
Large Quartz Crystal Geode Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A teardrop-shaped geode section with quartz crystals with dark inclusions. 596 grams, 19.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Deep Purple Amethyst Crystal Mineral Specimen Pair [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two cut geode sections, each with large prismatic amethyst crystals. 1 kg total, 88-92 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.