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LOT 2389
Two Massive Smoky Quartz Crystal Specimens
4 7/8 in. (2.38 kg total, 12.3-12.4 cm).
Comprising two specimens of large intergrown pyramidal smoky quartz crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Group of Fourteen [14] Large Amethyst and Smoky Quartz Crystal Points
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Group of fourteen pyramidal points. 2.88 kg total, 58-84 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Lobster and London Clay Crab Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: the body of a crab with remnants of the front claw; a large section of a fossilised lobster. 184 grams total, 5-11.3 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. -
Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. 1.16 kg, 13.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.