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LOT 2729
Tourmaline Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
2 1/4 in. (61.2 grams, 58 mm).
Greenish-blue crystal cut at the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A mixed group comprising lapis lazuli, carved sodalite container, polished agate wand, quartz, mohawkite, and others. 628 grams total, 3-10.4 cm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of grooved cylindrical and facetted beads, interspersed with small oblate glass beads; restrung. 33 grams, 42 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. -
Fly in Polished Amber
Pliocene Epoch, 5.33-2.58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A cylindrical section of honey-coloured amber containing a small fly to one side. 1.29 grams, 15 mm
From Colombia, South America. 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.