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LOT 2356
White Fluorite and Pyrite Mineral Specimen
3 1/4 in. (112 grams, 82 mm).
A matrix with fluorite, calcite and druzy pyrite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Moscona Mine, Solis, Asturias, Spain.
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an old collection label.
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Fossil Hollardops Trilobite on Matrix
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Irish Azurite Mineral Specimen
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Comprising vivid blue druzy azurite with green malachite. 163 grams, 79 mm
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: adamite from Laurium, Attica, Greece; smithsonite from Silvertop Quarry, Hallbankgate, Cumbria; hemimorphite crystals from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; dolomite from Arkansas, USA; pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, High Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; aragonite from Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; fluorite and galena from Diana Maria Mine, Forsterly, Weardale, Co Durham; arsenopyrite and scheelite from carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange calcite from Cloud Hill QUarry, Northington, Leicestershire; galena, ankerite, barite calcite and sulphur from West High Cross Vein, Brownley, Nenthead, Cumbria. 1.9 kg total, 1.9-13.1 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
