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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 - Polished Goniatite Jewellery Box
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A rectangular lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Goniatite sp. and other fossil specimens. 646 grams, 12.6 x 7.3 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Group of Polished Copal with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising four pieces, each with a number of insect inclusions. 12 grams total, 28-61 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 3151 Meteorite Slice
Found 2005 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A cut slice of brachinite, recorded as: Northwest Africa 3151; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'NWA 3151' to one side. 13 grams, 64 mm (78.9 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)
From the Sahara, N.W. Africa. Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
The total known weight of the meteorite is 1500 grams in a single oriented stone with a translucent honey brown crust, and it measured 115 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm prior to cutting.
