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LOT 2838

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

NATURAL HISTORY - 'GEM & ROCK CENTRE, ZIMBABWE' MINERAL SPECIMEN SAMPLE COLLECTION
5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (300 grams total, 15 x 12 cm including box).

Supplied in the original box with typed label, comprising: calcrete, serpentine, yellow fluorspar, banded jasper, pink dolomite, rainbow jasper, pyrite, rose quartz, lipidolite, unakite, paisley agate, coral jasper, aventuring, yellow fire jasper; grey granite, carnelian, zebra jasper, white quartz silica, petrified wood and pink limestone. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.

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