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LOT 2565
Natural History - Boxed Fluorite with Hematite Mineral Specimen
1 7/8 in. (48 grams, 48 mm).
Comprising a cluster of large clear fluorite crystals with speckles of haematite; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Tri-State, U.S.A.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2565
Natural History - Boxed Fluorite with Hematite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: siltstone from Table Top Mountain, South Africa, collection number 405; jasper pebble from England, collection number 409; sphalerite from Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA, collection number 477, with an old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; two vanadinite specimens from Mibladen, Morocco, collection number 603, with an old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; mudstone from the English Channel Tunnel construction works, collection number 212; a cut agate geode half, collection number 265; carboniferous limestone, collection number 214; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 503; diopside from Scotland, collection number 480. 1.04 kg total, 47-95 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. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonites
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The irregular matrix showing multiple specimens, possibly Eleganticeras sp. 810 grams, 14.8 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: erythrite from Mount Cobalt, Queensland, Australia, collection number 473; azurite from Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Zambia, collection number 443, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished onyx agate slice from Brazil, collection number 270; turquoise from Turquoise Mountain, Arizona, USA, collection number 487, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; natrolite from Ireland, collection number 496; a cut and polished agate slice from Mexico, collection number 327; quartz, collection number 312; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 206; quartz from Cumbria, England, collection number 19. 353 grams total, 32-67 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.
