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LOT 2585
Natural History - Enstatite Happy Canyon Meteorite Slice
FOUND 1971 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (3 7/8 x 3 in.) (7.57 grams, 29 mm (61 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)).
A scarce enstatite achondrite stony meteorite section; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'H314.52 to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx American Meteorite Laboratory specimen number H314.52.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by an old original identification card.
The Happy Canyon meteorite specimen was ploughed up on the R.L. Grigsby farm about 2 km northwest of Wayside, Texas in 1971; the original weight of the complete specimen was reported as 16.3 kg.
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LOT 2585
Natural History - Enstatite Happy Canyon Meteorite Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Natural History - Historic 'Zolluerein Mine, Germany' Millerite Mineral Specimen
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Consisting of a fine hair-like crystals radiating from a thin barite/dolomite matrix, zaratite and marcasite also present, collection number 580; purchased for £40.00 from Geologisch Centrum, in the 1980s. 5.51 grams, 33 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. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: ruby from East Africa, collection number 172; orange citrine, collection number 296; aventurine, collection number 306; colourless aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 157; blue opal, collection number 141; a cut and polished amethyst slice from Brazil, collection number 360; deep seaweed-green tourmaline from Nigeria, West Africa, collection number 329; turquoise from Cornwall, England, collection number 22; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198. 53 grams total, 13-55 mm
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising natural unpolished pebbles. 575 grams total, 16-43 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
