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LOT 2687
Ruby Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
2 1/8 in. (81.7 grams, 54 mm).
A mass of red corundum, ruby, crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Chalcopyrite Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Brassy yellowish crystals on matrix. 71 grams, 57 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Large Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A substantial piece of opal in matrix with colour diffracting mostly in blue and green. 66 grams, 52mm
Very fine condition.
Property of a Surrey lady; previously in the private collection of Patrick Phillips, Weybridge, Surrey, UK; the collection formed since the early 1970s; thence by descent 2019. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of mainly oval shape. 113 grams total, 32-55 mm
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
