Natural History - 'El Chayal, Guatemala' Obsidian Block

Comprising: brown chalcedony, collection number 131; calcite from Mexico, collection number 38; siderite from Cornwall, collection number 447, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; brown calcite in hematite from England, collection number 98; pyrite nodule, collection number 624; flint concretion from Greenford, Middlesex, collection number 211; mica(?), collection number 366; agate with quartz from Brazil, collection number 353; agate geode half from Mexico, collection number 28. 841 grams total, 47-93 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.

Comprising: limonite from Spain, collection number 525, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut half agate geode from Mexico, collection number 51; turritella agate slice from Australia, collection number 257, with an old invoice from James Walker invoice dated 1977; quartz, collection number 137; bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 201; botryoidal hematite, collection number 263; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; copper in quartz, collection number 378; quartz on hematite from England, collection number 60. 1.42 kg total, 4.6-12.5 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.

Comprising: two sea urchins, corals, a shark tooth, a replica trilobite and ammonite, and others. 388 grams total, 2.7-10.6 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.