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LOT 2460
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 1/4 - 3 in. (655 grams total, 32-77 mm).
Comprising: blue kyanite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 427; stained calcite from Ghajn Tuffer, Malta, collection number 41; amethyst geode half from Brazil, collection number 276; pyrite, collection number 343; bornite with calcite, collection number 162; light blue celestine, collection number 264; chalcopyrite on sphalerite on dolomite from Joplin district, Missouri, USA; jasper from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 226; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193. [9, 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.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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LOT 2460
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite Pair
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million year B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cut Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers. 375 grams total, 11-11.2 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: rhodochrosite from Argentina, collection number 11; an attractive quartz rosette, collection number 282; a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 350; vanadinite on calcite, collection number 146; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; spodumene from Nuristan, collection number 630; sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Canterbury, England, collection number 173; pyrite from England, collection number 82. 111 grams total, 16-70 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Amber Group with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising ten specimens of polished amber with insect inclusions, four in dark-coloured amber. 23.1 grams total, 18-36 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
