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LOT 2630
Natural History - Agate Crystal Geode Cut Half Group [10]
2 - 2 3/8 in. (1.06 kg total, 49-59 mm).
Comprising ten polished halves showing grey and brown banding. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2630
Natural History - Agate Crystal Geode Cut Half Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: muscovite, collection number 307; brown calcite from Brazil, collection number 56; asbestos from South Africa, collection number 290; manganese nodule from equatorial Atlantic, off Sierra Leone, West Africa, collection number 232; a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 213; cerussite from Harz Mountains, West Germany, collection number 521, with a previous collector's number label 594; muscovite, collection number 292; sulphur on amorphoussilica from Italy, collection number 482; a cut and polished slice of crazy laced agate from Brazil, collection number 368. 1.2 kg total, 5.4-13.2 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Acapulcoite NWA 2714 Meteorite Slice
Found 2003 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A cut slice of very rare primitive achondrite belonging to the acapulcoite-lodranite family, recorded as: Northwest Africa 2714; displayed in a Swiss membrane box. 16.9 grams, 44 mm (88 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)
From Erfoud, Morocco. Ex Arizona Skies Meteorites, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, Namibia' Wulfenite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying colourless square plates on a sandy-grey matrix, collection number 555; purchased for £68.50 from A.L.D. Milverton, Cheshire, in 1984. 18.7 grams, 55 mm
Acquired 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.
