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LOT 2619
Insects in Copal
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/2 in. (14.6 grams, 19 cm).
A long polished droplet containing small insects. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Harwich.
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Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: five mineral specimens in glass bottles; gypsum from Mexico, collection number 79; cerussite from Ireland, collection number 284; granite from England, collection number 406; quartzite from North Transvaal, South Africa; and three large mineral specimens. 5.25 kg total, 2.5-19 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Four specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Historic British Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: volcanic ash from Borrowdale, Cumberland; hornblende from Sutherland; granite-aplite from Devon; and luxullianite; three with old labels. 2 kg total, 10.3-11.4 cm
Found at various sites in the UK. Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix 1.48 kg, 24.2 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
