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LOT 2614
Natural History - Baby Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Milk Tooth
ICE AGE, 50,000-20,000 YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (66 grams, 59 mm).
With substantial roots. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia.
Acquired from an old Dutch collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 2614
Natural History - Baby Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Milk Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 35; brown calcite from Brazil, collection number 109; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; aurichalcite, collection number 365; lepidolite, collection number 544; phantom calcite from Mexico, collection number 209; calcite from Riesengebirge, collection number 481; rutilated quartz from South Africa, collection number 291; baryte from Winster, Derbyshire, England, collection number 174. 989 grams total, 56-78 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. -
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Stand
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Set on a textured freestanding matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 710 grams, 15.5 cm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Historic 'Brazil' Sphalerite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
An interesting specimen displaying black, greyish black, slate-grey and toffee-brown colours, collection number 125. 1.08 kg, 15 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
