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LOT 2701
Natural History - Historic Large Tourmaline in Quartz Mineral Specimen
5 3/4 in. (3.02 kg, 14.5 cm).
The specimen with a large deep blue to blue-green tourmaline crystal embedded in a large quartz crystal, collection number 336. [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 2701
Natural History - Historic Large Tourmaline in Quartz Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Revealing the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence to outer surfaces. 245 grams total, 10.2 cm each
Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, South West Africa' Dioptase Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With small, well-formed emerald-green, pinkish white and turquoise green crystals, collection number 518. 24.9 grams, 35 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 and an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Devonian-Late Pleistocene Period, 395 million-200,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a Pseudopecten bivalve; two Littorina littorea gastropods from Dorset; two Goniatite sp. ammonites; four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; a Beudanticeras sp. ammonite from Kent; a rostral spine; and other fossils specimens. 1.3 kg total, 23-92 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
