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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]
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.
Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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