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LOT 2601
Natural History - Historic 'Laurium, Greece' Rosasite with Azurite and Smithsonite Mineral Specimen
4 in. (193 grams, 99 mm).
A complex specimen displaying botryoidal smithsonite coated with mamillary rosasite with a sprinkling of azurite crystals, collection number 494; with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
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LOT 2601
Natural History - Historic 'Laurium, Greece' Rosasite with Azurite and Smithsonite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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