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LOT 2532
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Tribobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (142 grams, 65 mm).
On a matrix, showing good detail to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising four Goniatite sp. set on a textured freestanding matrix. 2.36 kg, 20 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: bismuth from Czechoslovakia, collection number 417; barite from Colorado, USA, collection number 570; pyrite on baryte from Brazil, collection number 122; bournonite and chalcopyrite on quartz from Peru, collection number 442; bornite from Mexico, collection number 62; pyrite and sphalerite from Silvermine, Tipperary, Ireland, collection number 413; cut calcite geode half from Brazil, collection number 247; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; quartz from Brazil, collection number 114. 1.57 kg total, 4.9-11 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. -
Natural History - Historic 'Quiruvilca Mine, Peru' Quartz on Sphalerite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Two of the quartz crystals forming a cross, on a matrix of grey sphalerite with some pyrite present, collection number 628, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 129 grams, 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
