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LOT 2560
Natural History - Historic 'Brazil' Aquamarine Mineral Specimen
4 1/8 in. (390 grams, 10.4 cm).
Displaying pale sapphire-blue aquamarine crystals on a pink matrix, collection number 375; accompanied by an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. [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 2560
Natural History - Historic 'Brazil' Aquamarine Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Historic 'Switzerland' Hematite on Actinolite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying a hematite rose on a matrix of brittle actinolite, collection number 541, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 84 grams, 47 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: siltstone from Table Top Mountain, South Africa, collection number 405; jasper pebble from England, collection number 409; sphalerite from Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA, collection number 477, with an old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; two vanadinite specimens from Mibladen, Morocco, collection number 603, with an old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; mudstone from the English Channel Tunnel construction works, collection number 212; a cut agate geode half, collection number 265; carboniferous limestone, collection number 214; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 503; diopside from Scotland, collection number 480. 1.04 kg total, 47-95 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho' Pyromorphite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Displaying rich toffee-brown and yellow colours, collection number 529, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 100 grams, 84 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
