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LOT 2476
Natural History - Historic 'Argentina' Polished Rhodochrosite Mineral Specimen
1 3/4 in. (83 grams, 43 mm).
Displaying vivid pink colours, with one cut and polished face, collection number 346. [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 2476
Natural History - Historic 'Argentina' Polished Rhodochrosite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - 'Gem & Rock Centre, Zimbabwe' Mineral Specimen Sample Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. 300 grams total, 15 x 12 cm including box
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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Natural History - Fossil Reedops Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A Reedops sp. trilobite on matrix, clearly showing the external structures. 230 grams, 88 mm
From the Hamar Laghdad Formation, Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: a cut and polished section of blue laced agate from South Africa, collection number 239; green epidote from South Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 221; calcite on amethyst from Brazil, collection number 132; pyromorphite from Pribram, Czechoslovakia, collection number 445; azurite from Brazil, collection number 337; an amethyst geode section from Morocco, collection number 297; green tourmaline from Brazil, collection number 145; realgar on orpiment from Humboldt County, Nevada, USA, collection number 217; sodalite from South Africa, collection number 252. 1.34 kg total, 3.7-12.5 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
