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LOT 2781
Natural History - Historic Agate Mineral Specimen Coaster Set
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (390 grams total, 83-92 mm).
Comprising six polished slices displaying black and brown banding, from Brazil, collection number 275. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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LOT 2781
Natural History - Historic Agate Mineral Specimen Coaster Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cut Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers. 149 grams total, 86 mm each
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Showing the underside of the carapace and both claws; repaired. 937 grams, 16 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: dioptase on mottramite from Brazil, collection number 118; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 467; chalcopyrite from Messini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 207; bornite of chalcopyrite from Massini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 210; quartz from England, collection number 133; Blue John from Derbyshire, England, collection number 148; apatite in calcite from Canada, collection number 388; fluorite in biotite, collection number 103; pyrite in quartz from Darwin, California, USA, collection number 422. 988 grams total, 32-91 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.
