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LOT 2534
Natural History - Historic 'Kutahya, Turkey' Colemanite Crystal Specimen
4 1/2 in. (294 grams, 11.5 cm).
Displaying colourless and white crystals; purchased for £42.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old 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 2534
Natural History - Historic 'Kutahya, Turkey' Colemanite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Historic 'Brazil' Muscovite with Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying creamy-white, white, colourless and yellowish white colours, collection number 271. 299 grams, 96 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 - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw on Composite Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A large section of Mosasaur prognathodon jaw with eight teeth, set in a composite matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 2.32 kg, 48 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Historic 'Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Co. Durham' Fluorite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Displaying large green twinned crystals, collection number 573; purchased from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £45.00 in 1984, with an old label and invoice. 50 grams, 33 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.
