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LOT 2307
Yellow and Green Iceland Spar Mineral Specimen Group [13]
3/4 - 1 in. (249 grams total, 20-27 mm).
Comprising thirteen parallelepiped specimens displaying birefringence, nine in specimen boxes. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2307
Yellow and Green Iceland Spar Mineral Specimen Group [13]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Gypsum Pink Alabaster Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Displaying natural veining and areas of darker colour. 843 grams, 11.4 cm
From Aust Cliff, River Severn, Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society 1998. 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 Ammonite Cluster on Matrix
Lower Jurassic, circa 199-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Containing small Cymbites, and other ammonites, the three larger specimens set on the matrix. 5.12 kg total, 29 cm
From Yorkshire coast. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A display comprising four polished Goniatite sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 1.17 kg, 17.6 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.