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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 - Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Showing three insect inclusions. 1.2 grams, 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Fossils
Paleozoic-Miocene Period, 541-5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: three molluscs, echinoidea, graptolite, five ammonite fragments, a nummulite, and two coral specimens. 826 grams total, 28-80 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. Eleven specimens accompanied by an original historic information card. -
Natural History - Polished Banded Agate Pebble Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Banding displaying a variety of colours, some containing quartz crystals. 1.3 kg total, 31-49 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).