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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 - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two teeth with partial root; one repaired. 31 grams total, 57-59 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: granite with high mica content from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 500; unakite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 229; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; pyrite, collection number 592; granite, collection number 540; gneiss veins in quartz with two cut and polished faces, collection number 404; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 506; grit from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 224; mica, collection number 366. 1.8 kg total, 4.6-20 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. Five specimens 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.
