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LOT 0438
White Quartz Crystal Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120-140 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 3/4 x 13 3/8 x 9, 13 3/4 in. (16.4 kg, 30 x 34 x 23 cm, 35 cm including stand).
A polished geode section with large prismatic quartz crystals in flower-like radiating clusters; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 0438
White Quartz Crystal Display
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Polished, transparent specimen with two insect inclusions. 3.4 grams, 50 mm
From Primorskoje Mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Dicranurus Monstrosus Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites; some restoration. 522 grams, 16.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
