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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 'Switzerland' Hematite on Actinolite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying a hematite rose on a matrix of brittle actinolite, collection number 541, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 84 grams, 47 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 Diplomystus Birdi Fish
Cretaceous Period, circa 98 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
On a rectangular matrix. 107 grams, 70 x 72 mm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: ulexite from Kern County, California, USA, collection number 258; citrine, collection number 296; okenite from Poona, India, collection number 373; cassiterite from Cornwall, England, collection number 167; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 164; cuprite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 558; tremolite, collection number 465; chalcopyrite on quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 304; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 322. 97 grams total, 19-44 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.
