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LOT 2769
Tourmaline Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
1 7/8 in. (22.9 grams, 48 mm).
A purple and blue tourmaline crystal, accompanied by an old label. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Himalaya Mine, San Diego, California, USA.
Property of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: amethyst, quartz, agate, native copper, azurite, imperial topaz, and others. 272 grams total, 17-46 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Blown Ostrich Egg for Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Large size egg with a hole at the base. 232 grams, 14 cm
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. -
Isle of Wight Fossil Coral Specimen with Brachiopod and Worm Tubes
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rounded mass of Holocystis elegans on a matrix with a brachiopod and wormholes, free-standing. 250 grams, 79 mm
Found Lower Greensand, Atherfield, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
