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LOT 2794
Natural History - Calcite and Hematite on Pyrite Crystal Specimen
3 1/8 in. (262 grams, 80 mm).
Comprising brown and white scalenohedral calcite crystals on small pyrite crystals with acicular and druzy haematite; supplied in a labelled cardboard tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Huanuco, Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2794
Natural History - Calcite and Hematite on Pyrite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
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Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Birdi Fish
Cretaceous Period, circa 98 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
On a rectangular matrix. 107 grams, 70 x 72 mm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Back Tooth
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With substantial roots. 140 grams, 81 mm
From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: gypsum, no collection number; garnet schist, collection number 191; red granite, collection number 399; Blue John from Derbyshire, England, collection number 484, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished slice of septarian nodule from USA, collection number 117; limestone from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 510; kermesite with stibnite from Pezinok, Czechoslovakia, collection number 601; mica, collection number 366; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate from Devon, England, collection number 46. 1.28 kg total, 5.1-12.1 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. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
