Natural History - Boxed Polished Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Group [3]

Comprising: Athleta luctator shell from Barton Beds, Hampshire, UK, ex professor Gordon Walkden collection, UK; Cretaceous Micraster species sea urchin from St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover, Kent, UK; Silurian fossil seabed section with brachiopods, crinoid stems, and remains of other sea creatures from Wenlock limestone, Dudley, East Midlands, and from an old British collection. 282 grams total, 5.5-10.8 cm



From Dudley, West Midlands, UK. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page for the shell.

In enhanced dark blue colour, the internal cavity with quartz crystals. 663 grams, 23 cm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).

Comprising: blue kyanite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 427; stained calcite from Ghajn Tuffer, Malta, collection number 41; amethyst geode half from Brazil, collection number 276; pyrite, collection number 343; bornite with calcite, collection number 162; light blue celestine, collection number 264; chalcopyrite on sphalerite on dolomite from Joplin district, Missouri, USA; jasper from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 226; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193. 655 grams total, 32-77 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.