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LOT 2761
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 3/4 - 4 7/8 in. (1.42 kg total, 4.6-12.5 cm).
Comprising: limonite from Spain, collection number 525, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut half agate geode from Mexico, collection number 51; turritella agate slice from Australia, collection number 257, with an old invoice from James Walker invoice dated 1977; quartz, collection number 137; bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 201; botryoidal hematite, collection number 263; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; copper in quartz, collection number 378; quartz on hematite from England, collection number 60. [9, 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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