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LOT 2612
Natural History - Historic Fossil Collection
DEVONIAN-EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 419-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (632 grams total, 10-65 mm).
Comprising: two echinoidea, matrix with crinoids, a petrified whale bone, ammonite, a large ammonite fragment, two brachiopods, five ammonite fragments, and a seashell; most with old handwritten labels. [14, 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.
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LOT 2612
Natural History - Historic Fossil Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, Namibia' Wulfenite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying colourless square plates on a sandy-grey matrix, collection number 555; purchased for £68.50 from A.L.D. Milverton, Cheshire, in 1984. 18.7 grams, 55 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 - Historic 'McKenzies Hill Mine, near Laverton, Western Australia' Gold Nugget
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A natural nugget displaying attractive gold-yellow colour, collection number 611. 0.91 grams, 10 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 - Historic 'Brazil' Spectacular Rutile in Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising a wonderful star of radiating rutile crystals within a very clear quartz crystal, collection number 600; with an old identification card from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, paid £70.00. 80 grams, 67 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.
