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LOT 2616
Natural History - Historic Large Cut and Polished Agate Mineral Specimen Pair
4 5/8 - 4 3/4 in. (2.27 kg total, 11.8-12 cm).
Cut in two halves with the cut faces polished to emphasise the brown and grey banding, collection number 332. [2, 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 2616
Natural History - Historic Large Cut and Polished Agate Mineral Specimen Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising twenty-two Otodus obliquus teeth. 35 grams total, 18-36 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised Flexicalymene sp. trilobite. 283 grams, 77 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: granite from near Harare, Zimbabwe, collection number 587; bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 215; citrine from Brazil, collection number 55; schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 514; a large flint sample from Greenford, Middlesex, collection number 430; chalcopyrite from Cornwall, collection number 4; hemimorphite from Mexico, collection number 27; pyrite from Mexico, collection number 104; azurite and malachite from Mexico, collection number 75. 1.7 kg total, 4.1-12 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
