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LOT 2541
Set of Woolly Rhinoceros Teeth
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 4 5/8 in. (640 grams total, 8.1-11.8 cm).
Comprising four teeth from the lower right jaw of a large male. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenancePerma frost of Siberia.
From a Netherlands collector in the 2020s.
From a private collection.
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2 Kg of Rose Quartz Fragments
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Large quantity of pale pink rose quartz chips. 2 kg total, 1-27 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Historic Roman Cut and Polished Roman Imperial Porphyry Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Comprising cut and polished pieces, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D. 270 grams total, 3.3-15.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Mons Porphyrites (today Jabal Abu Dukhkhan) is the mountainous site of a group of ancient quarries in the Red Sea Hills of the inhospitable eastern desert in Egypt, a five-day trip from the Nile during Roman times. They were discovered by Caius Cominus Leugas in 18 A.D., and during the Roman Empire, the mines officially belonged to the emperor and were the only known source of the Imperial Porphyry, Mons Porphyrites. This dark purple stone was associated with royalty and used for prestigious sculpture and architecture. The location of the mines was lost sometime in the 5th century and rediscovered in the early 19th century. Excavations in the area have revealed the well-preserved quarries and the dwelling places of the quarrymen, and also thousands of ostraca have been discovered containing messages that provide details of how the quarrying took place, and of how the highly skilled quarrymen ordered their food. -
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Group of Ten [10] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Attractive group of polished translucent slices showing contrasting bands, two showing quartz crystal formations, and with dendritic inclusions and four with horizontal banding. 795 grams total, 9.2-12.7 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
