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LOT 2484
Natural History - Fossil Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (279 grams total, 45-73 mm).
Comprising three trilobites, two Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. trilobites and one Hollardops mesacristata on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Historic 'Gila County, Arizona' Vanadinite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A large specimen displaying brownish red, blood-red and greyish colours, collection number 283. 262 grams, 92 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 and an old Gemstones Ltd invoice dated 1978. -
Natural History - Polished Copal Pair with Insects
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Comprising two polished specimens containing several insects and other inclusions. 39 grams total, 7.8-11.2 cm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a cut and polished malachite nodule half from Katanga, Zaire, collection number 557; rhodochrosite, collection number 305; sodalite from Dumfries and Galloway, collection number 23; a cut and polished agate geode half, collection number 419; quartz on muscovite from Brazil, collection number 63; wolframite from Cornwall, England, collection number 161; baryte from Cumbria, England, collection number 13; quartz on bornite from Messini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 199; chalcopyrite on quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 304. 152 grams total, 16-67 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.