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LOT 2711
Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display Stand
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (935 grams, 15.6 cm).
Comprising a Goniatite sp. and an Orthoceras sp. set on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2711
Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display Stand
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Historic 'Mexico' Phantom Calcite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying dark chocolate-brown, red brown, and creamy white colours, collection number 209. 237 grams, 97 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): £39
Comprising: botryoidal psilomelane from Stanislawow, Poland, collection number 608, with an old Geologisch Centrum, Netherlands, label; rosasite and calcite on goethite and limonite from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, collection number 61; sphalerite on quartz, collection number 187; pyrite from Italy, collection number 339; a cut and polished crazy laced agate nodule, collection number 299; chalcopyrite on baryte, collection number 238; celestine from Malagasy Republic, Africa, collection number 29; calcite on pyrite from Levant Mine, Cornwall, England, collection number 474; calcite from England, collection number 102. 1 kg total, 36-89 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: galena, collection number 250; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 236; pyrite, collection number 94; pyrite and copper from Norway, collection number 230; agate geode half from Mexico, collection number 83; rose quartz from Brazil, collection number 64; hematite, collection number 392; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; dolomite from Avant, Arkansas, USA, collection number 285. 4.28 kg total, 7.2-12 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
