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LOT 2592
Natural History - Historic Kolwesite and Rosasite on Hemimorphite Mineral Specimen
2 1/8 in. (83 grams, 55 mm).
With chocolate-brown, brownish and greenish grey crystals, possibly from Mexico, collection number 149. [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 and a letter from the British Museum (Natural History) dated 1983 confirming the specimen to be kolwesite.
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LOT 2592
Natural History - Historic Kolwesite and Rosasite on Hemimorphite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A large rod with multiple insect and other inclusions. 27 grams, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: tuff from Chineham District Centre, Chineham, Basingstoke, England, collection number 532; pale apple-green gypsum from Rudna Copper Mine, Lubin, Poland, collection number 576; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 501; a cut and polished agate geode half from Brazil, collection number 68; asrophyllite from Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, collection number 556; breccia, collection number 188; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; boleite, collection number 553. 1.46 kg total, 3.5-11.5 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens 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.
