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LOT 2117
Natural History - Historic Canadian Silver Ore Specimen
2 1/4 in. (69 grams, 56 mm).
With characteristic pinkish 'cobalt bloom'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Ontario, Canada.
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Polished to an oval-shape with insect and other inclusions. 0.79 grams, 20 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
Over 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Containing several insects and other inclusions. 39 grams, 16.5 cm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Speculator Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Phacops speculator on a matrix. 235 grams, 85 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
