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LOT 2473
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/5 in. (42.53 grams, 67 mm).
Promicroceras planicosta with iron stained surface giving a beautiful contrast in colour, from the Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Queen Camel, Somerset, UK, in 2008.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page with reference no.AMM7149.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: brown apache calcite, collection number 150; tincalconite from Kramer district, Kern County, California, USA, collection number 259; two agate and quartz slices from Brazil, collection number 353; gypsum in desert rose form from Mexico, collection number 31; epidote on orthoclase from USA, collection number 298; quartz from Derbyshire, England, collection number 416; apophyllite from Poona, India, collection number 386; a cut and polished slice of agate from Brazil, collection number 334. 311 grams total, 42-63 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 - Large Historic 'Brazil' Citrine Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A cut section displaying toffee-orange brown, white, and light brown colours, collection number 342. 1.03 kg, 15.5 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
Citrine is also known as 'burnt amethyst', the orange colour is due to ferric iron. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Trinket Box
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen. 587 grams, 90 x 91 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
