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LOT 2726
Natural History - Historic 'Mexico' Rosasite Mineral Specimen
3 in. (56 grams, 74 mm).
Well-formed crystals on a matrix of brownish black limonite, the crystals coated, in certain areas, by very small, translucent light brown crystals, possibly calcite, collection number 492, with an old Gregor, 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 2726
Natural History - Historic 'Mexico' Rosasite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic 'Chokotka Peninsula, U.S.S.R.' Demantoid Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With apple-green and greenish white crystals, the calcium has been replaced by traces of chromic acid, collection number 461. 75 grams, 87 mm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 - Large Sericho Pallasite Meteorite
Found in 2016 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A large irregular mass of stony-iron meteorite. 1.33 kg, 13 cm
From Kenya, East Africa. Ex Adrian Contreras Gomez, Spain, IMCA member no.7412. Ex Dean collection; Essex, UK. Accompanied by Adrian Contreras Gomez authenticity identification card.
Sericho pallasite meteorites were found in a 45-kilometer strewn field in eastern Kenya, near the village of Habaswein in 2016, it was officially classified in 2018. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: branching calcite from Brazil, collection number 77; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198; wavellite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA, collection number 244; opaque topaz pebble from Madagascar, collection number 294; granite from near Harare, Zimbabwe, collection number 586; quartz, collection number 315; cerussite on heulandite from Ireland, collection number 499, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; mica, collection number 366; biotite with no collection number. 467 grams total, 37-73 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
