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LOT 2548
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
2 - 4 1/8 in. (1.57 kg total, 4.9-11 cm).
Comprising: bismuth from Czechoslovakia, collection number 417; barite from Colorado, USA, collection number 570; pyrite on baryte from Brazil, collection number 122; bournonite and chalcopyrite on quartz from Peru, collection number 442; bornite from Mexico, collection number 62; pyrite and sphalerite from Silvermine, Tipperary, Ireland, collection number 413; cut calcite geode half from Brazil, collection number 247; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; quartz from Brazil, collection number 114. [9, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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LOT 2548
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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