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LOT 2750
Natural History - Historic 'Hillsboro, Mexico' Wulfenite Crystal Specimen
2 3/4 in. (74 grams total, 70 mm).
Well-formed toffee-coloured wulfenite crystals with a small area of pale lemon-yellow small crystals of unknown variety, collection number 522, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. [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 2750
Natural History - Historic 'Hillsboro, Mexico' Wulfenite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
An oval matrix with a Knightia alta specimen. 83 grams, 11.6 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Showing three insect inclusions. 1.2 grams, 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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.