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LOT 2720
Natural History - Historic 'Boia Sprie, Romania' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
2 7/8 in. (79 grams, 72 mm).
In the form of a cluster of prismatic radiating crystals, collection number 560, with an old ISIS Minerals label. [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 2720
Natural History - Historic 'Boia Sprie, Romania' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
In enhanced dyed purple colour, opened to reveal the internal crystal filled cavity. 83 grams total, 51 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: pyrite from Italy on a granite stand; granite from Middlesex, England, collection number 534; halite(?), no collection number; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 502; basalt, collection number 225; bornite, collection number 178; quartz, no collection number; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 462; an unidentified banded specimen, possibly slag, no collection number. 1.1 kg total, 2.1-10.9 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. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; on a matrix. 177 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
