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LOT 2813
Rutilated Quartz Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
2 3/8 in. (154 grams, 62 mm).
Smoky quartz with numerous black rutile needles. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Fossil 'Woolly Mammoth' Knuckle Bone
Holocene Epoch, Devensian, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Displaying good detail, possibly from a Mammuthus Primigenius. 152 grams, 88 mm
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. -
Goethite Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A mass of iron-rich goethite crystals. 270 grams, 79 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Natural Boulder Sapphire Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising five light blue specimens, three with cut faces, one showing clear hexagonal banding. 112 grams total, 25-36 mm
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.
