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LOT 2557
Natural History - Crystal Nodule
2 - 2 1/8 in. (193 grams total, 51-55 mm).
In enhanced dyed blue colour, opened to reveal the internal crystal filled cavity. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Showing three insect inclusions. 1.2 grams, 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic 'Peru' Rhodochrosite and Quartz Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With pinkish white, pale pink and brownish black crystals, collection number 374. 335 grams, 11.4 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 and an old James Walker label. -
Natural History - Historic 'Deccan, India' Stilbite on Heulandite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising pink heulendite crystals with a flower-shaped formation of white stilbite crystals, collection number 369, with an old Leolites India letter. 264 grams, 80 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
