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LOT 2771
Natural History - Historic 'Manciano, Tuscany' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
5 in. (481 grams, 12.5 cm).
Displaying a spray of well-formed acicular crystals on a light grey matrix, the stilbite crystals with bluish iridescence, collection number 598; bought from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £48.00 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 2771
Natural History - Historic 'Manciano, Tuscany' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Historic Boxed Diallage Pyroxenite and Phonolite Trachyte Mineral Samples From Ardnamurchan and Traprain Law, Haddington [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Both examples in cardboard trays and accompanied by old collection labels identifying them to be collection nos.75 and 35. 1.27 kg total, 10-10.7 cm
From Scotland. Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). Accompanied two old Gregory, Bottley & Co., Geologists tickets. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: bismuth from Czechoslovakia, collection number 417; barite from Colorado, USA, collection number 570; pyrite on baryte from Brazil, collection number 122; bournonite and chalcopyrite on quartz from Peru, collection number 442; bornite from Mexico, collection number 62; pyrite and sphalerite from Silvermine, Tipperary, Ireland, collection number 413; cut calcite geode half from Brazil, collection number 247; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; quartz from Brazil, collection number 114. 1.57 kg total, 4.9-11 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon' Cyanotrichite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Consisting of tufts of fine acicular blue crystals, collection number 615; purchased for £35.00 at the 1986 International Mineral & Gem Show. 11.2 grams, 27 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.
