Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection

1 - 3 1/4 in. (1.44 kg total, 26-83 mm).

Comprising: fluorite from Brazil, collection number 116; bornite and quartz on fuchsite from Messini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 194; galena from Brazil, collection number 74; two samples of bornite, chalcosine and covelline from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 303; specular hematite from Elba, Italy, collection number 489, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; adamite, collection number 179; wolframite from Cligger Head, Cornwall, England, collection number 347; hematite from Morocco, collection number 138; specular hematite from England, collection number 78. [10, 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.

Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.

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LOT 2474