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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]
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 2601
Natural History - Historic 'Laurium, Greece' Rosasite with Azurite and Smithsonite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Mixed Fossil and Mineral Collection
Mainly Devonian-Cretaceous Period, 395-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: a polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a polished Orthoceras sp.; a trilobite; a cut half geode specimen; a polished coral head; a rostral spine; a shark vertebra; two cut ammonites; a matrix with fossilised leaf remains; and other specimens. 1.9 kg total, 2.6-15.7 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A polygonal matrix displaying a fossilised Ophiura sp. 242 grams, 13.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic 'Italy' Sulphur on Aragonite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Large specimen with lemon-yellow crystals, collection number 516; repaired. 778 grams, 15.5 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
