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LOT 2541
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
1 1/2 - 4 1/4 in. (686 grams total, 3.7-10.8 cm).
Comprising: cut section of tiger's eye from South Africa, collection number 111; calcite of duftite from Tsumeb, South West Africa, collection number 566; specular hematite on calcite, collection number 300; cut agate geode half from Mexico, collection number 37; andalusite from France, collection number 301; deep brown morion crystal point from Brazil, collection number 97; cut pebble of tiger's eye from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 203; calcite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, UK, collection number 509; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193. [9, 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.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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LOT 2541
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Large Composite Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth Assemblage
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
An assemblage of Mosasaur prognathodon teeth, attached to a jaw-shaped matrix for display; all set in a composite matrix. 6.59 kg, 37 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: quartz from Brazil, collection number 384; garnet schist, collection number 190; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 464; thunder agate geode half, collection number 396; dolomite, collection number 202; citrine from Brazil, collection number 113; uranophane from Rossing Mine, South West Africa, collection number 613, with an old Isis Minerals label; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 504. 3.06 kg total, 4.5-16.5 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Toussilte, Morocco' Anglesite Crystals on Galena Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Consisting of a cluster of yellow anglesite crystals on a galena matrix, collection number 551. 55 grams, 39 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.
