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LOT 2613
Historic 'Brazil' Tourmaline Mineral Specimen
2 in. (120 grams, 53 mm).
Black variety with crystals showing striations, collection number 72. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Rose Quartz Large Mineral Specimen Group [63]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising variously sized pink chunks. 2.66 kg total, 25-65 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
An opened nodule lined with dyed purple quartz crystals. 104 grams total, 55-56 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A Mosasaur prognathodon sp. tooth. 9.68 grams, 30 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a laminated identification card.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.