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LOT 2728
Natural History - Historic 'Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon' Cyanotrichite Mineral Specimen
1 in. (11.2 grams, 27 mm).
Consisting of tufts of fine acicular blue crystals, collection number 615; purchased for £35.00 at the 1986 International Mineral & Gem Show. [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 2728
Natural History - Historic 'Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon' Cyanotrichite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Natural History - Large Fossil Double Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
A freestanding display comprising two Mellitella sp. ammonites showing well preserved ribs. 9.6 kg, 31 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Nuevo Mercurio Fall Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A H5 chondrite showing some regmaglypts and primary fusion crust. 102 grams, 52 mm
Found near Nuevo Mercurio, Mexico, 1978.
The fall was strewn across an area about 10 km north of the village of Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico, 250 km South West of Monterrey. A bright fireball, travelling North East to South West and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north-central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. Only 5 kg of material has been found to date. -
Natural History - Fossil Wolf Skull in Matrix
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene Period, circa 5.3 million-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
The majority of Canis teilhardi skull in matrix with some other bone fragments. 1.28 kg, 19 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
