Natural History - Historic Cut and Polished Agate Geode Half

Comprising: orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314; cupro-adamite on goethite from Laurium, Greece, collection number 523 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; a cut and polished amethyst section from Brazil, collection number 360; sodalite, collection number 84; grey agate, collection number 165; four samples of marcasite from Sparta, Illinois, USA, collection number 612; epidote on quartz from Cape Province, South Africa, collection number 418; realgar on orpiment from Nevada, USA, collection number 147 with an old Gemstones Ltd. invoice; green conichalcite, collection number 497. 433 grams total, 37-73 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.

Comprising a cluster of vertical Orthoceras sp. specimens. 1.54 kg, 20.5 cm high



Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Comprising: brown apache calcite, collection number 150; tincalconite from Kramer district, Kern County, California, USA, collection number 259; two agate and quartz slices from Brazil, collection number 353; gypsum in desert rose form from Mexico, collection number 31; epidote on orthoclase from USA, collection number 298; quartz from Derbyshire, England, collection number 416; apophyllite from Poona, India, collection number 386; a cut and polished slice of agate from Brazil, collection number 334. 311 grams total, 42-63 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.