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LOT 2855
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 3151 Meteorite Slice
FOUND 2005 A.D.
4 x 4 in. (13 grams, 64 mm (78.9 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)).
A cut slice of brachinite, recorded as: Northwest Africa 3151; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'NWA 3151' to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Sahara, N.W. Africa.
Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
The total known weight of the meteorite is 1500 grams in a single oriented stone with a translucent honey brown crust, and it measured 115 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm prior to cutting.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Each transparent and showing attractive banding. 257 grams total, 11.1-12 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: quartz cluster, collection number 309; baryte from Mexico, collection number 66; smithsonite from Ireland, collection number 287; cluster of gypsum blades from Mexico, collection number 31; calcite, collection number 592; cockscomb baryte with galena from Castleton, Cumbria, England, collection number 302; quartz from Lake District, England, collection number 538; siltstone from Table Top Mountain, South Africa; acicular aragonite cluster. 631 grams total, 43-75 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 - Mixed Fossil Collection
Devonian-Late Pleistocene Period, 395 million-125,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of fossils comprising: four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; two polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a Dactylioceras commune trilobite; a Hildoceras bifrons ammonite; two Littorina littorea gastropods; and other fossils. 1.3 kg total, 2.5-12.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
