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LOT 2606
Natural History - Amber Group with Insect Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (23 grams total, 19-34 mm).
Comprising ten specimens of polished amber with insect inclusions. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North American collection.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; agate slice from Brazil, collection number 364; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate, collection number 46; calcite, collection number 366; arogonite from Somerset, England, collection number 166; gabbro from Visingso Lake, Sweden, collection number 255; a cut and polished agate geode half, collection number 419; two sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, England, collection number 173; arsenopyrite, collection number 471; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; aragonite from Spain, collection number 156; and a number of other mineral specimens without collection numbers. 677 grams total, 0.9-15.7 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. Two lots accompanied by an historic index card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Arkansas, USA' Wavellite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying apple-green and silver-green colours and characteristic fibrous, radiating structure, collection number 240, with an old James Walker invoice dated 1977. 71 grams, 51 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. -
Natural History - Historic 'Mexico' Pyrite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying excellent striated faces giving a mirror type effect, collection number 382. 231 grams, 81 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.
