ID 543633
Lot 88 | A GROUP OF FIVE MINERAL SPECIMENS
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
A FINE SPECIMEN OF NATIVE COPPER, USA
From the Keweenaw Peninsula, the specimen of delicate natural form evoking a piece of coral, with rugged texture and areas of lustrous copper crystals interspersed among areas of bright verdigris.
A POLISHED MALACHITE SPECIMEN, CONGO
The decorative freeform polished to highlight rich green hues and orbicular composition, the reverse preserving its natural state.
A PURPLE FLUORITE SPECIMEN, CHINA
Of natural form, the cluster of cubic fluorite with an attractive purple lustre, the reverse matrix with fine clear crystals
A FINE BLACK STIBNITE SPECIMEN, CHINA
The attractive freeform with dozens of fine stibnite spires thrust in all directions, terminating in a thin peak
FINE LAVENDER AMETHYST CRYSTALS
Of natural form, numerous thin amethyst crystals with a pale purple hue
Copper: 81/4 x 41/2 x 31/4in. (21 x 11.5 x 8.5cm.); on stand 91/2in. (24cm.) high
Malachite: 7 x 5 x 11/2in. (18x 13 x 4cm.); on stand 93/4in. (14.5cm.) high
Fluorite: 4 x 53/4 x 21/2in. (10 x 14.5 x 6.5cm.); on stand 8in. (20.5cm.) high
Stibnite: 81/2 x 5 x 23/4in. (21.5 x 13 x 7cm.); on base 10in. (25.5cm.) high
Amethyst: 101/4 x 7 x 3in. (26 x 18 x 7.5cm.)
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