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LOT 2502
Natural History - Historic 'Deccan, India' Stilbite on Heulandite Mineral Specimen
3 1/8 in. (264 grams, 80 mm).
Comprising pink heulendite crystals with a flower-shaped formation of white stilbite crystals, collection number 369, with an old Leolites India letter. [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 2502
Natural History - Historic 'Deccan, India' Stilbite on Heulandite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Historic 'Zolluerein Mine, Germany' Millerite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Consisting of a fine hair-like crystals radiating from a thin barite/dolomite matrix, zaratite and marcasite also present, collection number 580; purchased for £40.00 from Geologisch Centrum, in the 1980s. 5.51 grams, 33 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 - Fossil Ammonite Group in Matrix
Lower Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Group of Promicroceras ammonite fossils in a sedimentary matrix. 144 grams total, 97 mm
From Black Ven, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. Ex old British palaeological collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic 'Spencer Opal Mine, Idaho, U.S.A.' Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
A milk-opal variety displaying iridescent white colour; purchased for £65.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 163 grams, 87 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.
