Loading, please wait...
LOT 2465
White Quartz Crystal Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 140-120 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.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 2465
White Quartz Crystal Display
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£550 (EUR 638; USD 743) +BP*
-
![Group of Twenty [20] Sodalite Mineral Specimens](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/255991-s.jpg)
Group of Twenty [20] Sodalite Mineral Specimens
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Boxed group of royal blue sodalite specimens with white calcite veins. 3.96 kg total, 6.7-10.6 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
![Group of One Hundred [100] Fuchsite Mica Mineral Specimens](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/256028-s.jpg)
Group of One Hundred [100] Fuchsite Mica Mineral Specimens
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising one hundred irregular light green specimens exhibiting mainly pearly lustre. 2.59 kg total, 27-56 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Woolly Rhinocerous Leg Bone
Pleistocene Epoch, Devensian Age, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A near-complete tibia of Coelodonta antiquitatis. 1.62 kg, 36 cm
From the North Sea, UK. 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.
Woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of large rhinoceros that inhabited northern Eurasia and was adapted to living in the extreme cold weather of the steppe.
