Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Septarian Egg Half

Comprising lacquered porphyry slice of irregular shape, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times between the 1st and 5th century A.D. 917 grams, 28 cm (11

A cut and polished septarian egg half, the internal cavity filled with clusters of grey calcite crystals. 677 grams, 11.3 cm (4 1/2 in.) From Mexico. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Ll

A large pink agate crystal slice, polished on both faces; colour-enhanced. 484 grams, 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). From Antigas, Uraguay.Mineral Imports, London, UK.Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). [No R

. With enhanced pink-colour and also showing translucent to opaque quartz crystals. 539 grams, 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). [No Reserve]

A group of five polished mineral 'eggs' in onyx, banded agate, serpentine(?"). 1.3 kg total, 69-80mm (2 3/4 - 3 1/4"). Ex Thompson collection, Devon, UK. [5, No Reserve]

A cut and polished agate slice displaying crystals to the exposed inner surfaces; a naturally-occurring smiling face formed in the polished surface composed of two large circular eyes and a crescent-s

Large group of cut and polished rocks and geode slabs. Sizes range from 2" to 9".

Found 2022 A.D. The cut and polished slice held in a custom-made collector's display box. 51 grams total, 84 mm wide including case (3 3/8 in.). From the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Property of a Sus

A cut and polished fluorite crystal obelisk with bands of green and purple colour. 240 grams, 13cm (5"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (

A cut and polished fluorite crystal with bands of green and white colour. 175 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-

A pair of large prism cut fluorite polished points with bands of colour ranging from jade green, purple and clear, with 'rainbow' reflections in the body and at the points. From China; from the histor

A large cut and polished sheet of snowflake obsidian with white spherulites of albite. From the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ and later collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly G

Ordovician Period, 360 million years BP. A large cut and polished straight cephalopod Orthoceras sp. 295 grams total, 12.5cm (5"). From an old Lincolnshire collection 1980s; from Erfoud, Morocco, Nort

Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P. A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. 172 grams total, 95-97 mm (3 3/4 - 3 7/8 in.).

Jurassic Period, 201-145 million years BP. A group of cut and polished ammonite halves revealing the inner chambers, two in old white card trays with A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham, U

A large piece of cut and polished malachite with lustrous sheen of pale and dark green, pale crystals between nodules. From the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ or later collection of Gregory, Bottley

Cretaceous Period, 200-65 million years BP. Group comprising: a small ammonite, cut and polished in two halves, with two small fossil fish specimens, in matrix. 618 grams total, 3.2-14.7cm (1 1/4 - 5

A large septarian nodule half, cut and polished displaying grey angular crystals in a honeycomb matrix of pale yellow crystals. 2.8 kg, 18.3cm (7 1/4"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collecti

Upper Cretaceous Period (Campanian), 76-75 million years BP. A large ammonite, from Fox Hills Formation, South Dakota, USA, cut and polished displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section cha

Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P. Cut and polished from a single fossiliferous block and each side set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen. 3.4 kg total, 15.3 cm high each (6 in.). Fro

A group of twenty-seven natural geode halves with quartz crystals from Brazil, each cut with a polished face. 1037 gram total, 37-70mm (1 1/2 - 2 3/4"). From an old Lincoln Collection [27, No Reserve]

20th century AD. A mixed pair of polished stones comprising: a petrified wood ovoid in grey and brown showing original wood grain, on a stand with three scrolled legs; a large dark iridescent obsidian

Miocene Period, circa 25 million years B.P.. Composed of several fossil sea urchins or sand dollars in a matrix. 4.6 kg, 34.5 cm (13 5/8 in.). From France.

Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.. The freestanding textured matrix containing four specimens. 1.77 kg, 18 cm high (7 1/8 in.). Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. [No Reserve]