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LOT 2659
Natural History - Historic 'Argentina' Rhodochrosite on Quartz Crystal Specimen
2 in. (39 grams, 52 mm).
Displaying rose-pink and white colours, collection number 380. [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 2659
Natural History - Historic 'Argentina' Rhodochrosite on Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A circular composite plate of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. 755 grams, 24.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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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 - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; agate slice from Brazil, collection number 364; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate, collection number 46; calcite, collection number 366; arogonite from Somerset, England, collection number 166; gabbro from Visingso Lake, Sweden, collection number 255; a cut and polished agate geode half, collection number 419; two sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, England, collection number 173; arsenopyrite, collection number 471; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; aragonite from Spain, collection number 156; and a number of other mineral specimens without collection numbers. 677 grams total, 0.9-15.7 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. Two lots accompanied by an historic index card.
