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LOT 3074
Rose Quartz Mineral Display Slice
10 7/8 in. (2.13 kg, 27.5 cm).
Irregular flat slice displaying colour variations from off-white to rich amber. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3074
Rose Quartz Mineral Display Slice
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Baltic Amber with Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small fly inclusion. 1.39 grams, 30 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Five Polished Fossilised Coral Head Hearts
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five cut and polished heart-shaped coral heads showing the internal structure of the polyps. 94 grams total, 26-38 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Woolly Rhino Bone Specimen
Devensian, circa 20,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large section of a pelvic bone of a Coelodonta antiquitatis. 1.88 kg, 39 cm
From Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fishermen. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros that inhabited Eurasia during the Ice Age. It was well adapted to the harsh conditions, with a long, woolly coat and a thick undercoat.
