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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 Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: crocoite from Dundas, Tasmania, collection number 440; pyrite from Brazil, collection number 124; jasper, collection number 310; rose quartz, collection number 468; aragonite from Spain, collection number 355; malachite from Shaba, Zaire, collection number 12; specular hematite, collection number 155; sodalite, collection number 313; augite from Kenya, collection number 14. 112 grams total, 11-43 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. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; quartz from a ploughed field, Speen, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 54; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; pseudomalachite with chrysocolla, collection number 394; cut slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 248; volcanic rock, collection number 531; a cut and polished slice of agate geode from Brazil, collection number 126; citrine from Brazil, collection number 379, with an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. 3.46 kg total, 7.8-24 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. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: stibnite from Brazil, collection number 5; phyllite from England, collection number 181; galena from Cumbria, England, collection number 3; amphibole, collection number 170; calcite from Yorkshire, England, collection number 52; a banded stone from Iraq; bornite from Galway, Ireland, collection number 2; limestone from Cornwall, England, collection number 452; calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 316. 583 grams total, 21-80 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.
