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LOT 2866
Natural History - Historic 'Austria' Flos-Ferri Mineral Specimen
3 3/4 in. (160 grams, 94 mm).
With pinkish-white and creamy white crystals in interlacing and coalescing stems, collection number 175. [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 2866
Natural History - Historic 'Austria' Flos-Ferri Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 35; brown calcite from Brazil, collection number 109; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; aurichalcite, collection number 365; lepidolite, collection number 544; phantom calcite from Mexico, collection number 209; calcite from Riesengebirge, collection number 481; rutilated quartz from South Africa, collection number 291; baryte from Winster, Derbyshire, England, collection number 174. 989 grams total, 56-78 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising Eleganticeras sp. specimens on an irregular matrix. 1.09 kg, 14.2 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Hematoid Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large quantity of dark double-terminated crystals. 137 grams total, 14-27 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
