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LOT 2471
Natural History - Arizona Sierra Natural Sandstone Coaster Set
3 3/4 in. (560 grams total, 94 mm each).
A set of four polished coasters with cork backing, showing attractive layering. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2471
Natural History - Arizona Sierra Natural Sandstone Coaster Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: crocoite from Dundas, Tasmania, collection number 440; pyrite from Brazil, collection number 124; jasper, collection number 310; rose quartz, collection number 468; aragonite from Spain, collection number 355; malachite from Shaba, Zaire, collection number 12; specular hematite, collection number 155; sodalite, collection number 313; augite from Kenya, collection number 14. 112 grams total, 11-43 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. -
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Natural History - Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a dolomite and quartz specimen from Nentsbury Mine, Northumbria, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a cassiterite specimen from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Cornwall, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a geode section with a cluster of amethyst crystals, from Brazil; both halves of a quartz geode from Morocco; a group of thirty-five pyrite crystal nuggets of various sizes. 318 grams total, 9-57 mm
Fine condition.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Crinoid Plate
Silurian Period, circa 443-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Presenting a Scyphocrinus elegans specimen with good details on a tongue-shaped matrix. 4.3 kg, 41 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
