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LOT 2884
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz Mineral Display Specimen
3 1/8 in. (208 grams, 81 mm).
Vivid red-orange spessartine garnet crystals surrounding a large smoky quartz crystal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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AUCTIONS:
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LOT 2884
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Fossil Rostral Tooth Group
Upper Cretaceous Period, circa 76-75 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A group of four Onchopristus numidus sawfish rostral teeth. 40 grams total, 40-72 mm
From the phosphate deposits of Khourigba, Morocco. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill; acquired between 1930 and 1960. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman. -
Beetle in Polished Copal
Circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A section of copal containing a beetle and some other inclusions; repaired. 1.61 grams, 27 mm
From Madagascar. 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. -
Chalcedony Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Composed of small spherical beads; restrung. 11.3 grams, 45 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
