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LOT 2508
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 in. (2.23 grams, 25 mm).
A specimen of polished amber with insect inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Cluster
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
An impressive mortality plate showing a tight cluster of Flexicalymene sp. trilobites. 3.3 kg, 21.5 cm
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, repaired, collection number 352; cobalto-smithsonite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 562; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; actinolite from Canada, collection number 16; wollastonite from Devon, England, collection number 159; antimony, collection number 584; fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 9; hematite from Cumbria, collection number 7; calcite from England, collection number 102. 94 grams total, 14-50 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: fluorite from Hilton Mine, Scardale, Cumbria, England, collection number 582; vanadinite from USA, collection number 21; rosasite from Mexico, collection number 254; graphite from Sri Lanka, collection number 1; grossular from Mexico, collection number 119; adamite from Mexico, collection number 449; millerite from Bedwellty Pit, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, collection number 520; chalcedony from Whitstable Bay, Kent, England, collection number 177; lodestone, collection number 151. 117 grams total, 19-35 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
