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LOT 2686
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 1/8 - 3 in. (720 grams total, 29-78 mm).
Comprising: granite from A40 construction works in Middlesex, collection number 505; wood opal, collection number 243; citrine from Brazil, collection number 105; goethite in quartz from England, collection number 143; a cut amethyst agate geode from Chihuahua, Mexico, collection number 545; realgar from Hungary, collection number 519 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, collection number 457; dioptase, collection number 391; pyrite from Mexico, collection number 42. [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.
Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Mixed Historic Fossil Collection
Permian-Pliocene Period, circa 298-2.4 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising fossilised wood, leaf fossils, a gastropod mollusc, sea urchin, nautilus shell, a bivalve, gastropods on a matrix, and a replica beetle on a matrix; all fossils with old labels. 1.62 kg total, 7.6-11.9 cm
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 information card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Australia' Boulder Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Chocolate-brown matrix with vibrant opal inclusions, collection number 411. 47.4 grams, 43 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. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: hematite on amethyst from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, collection number 280; citrine, collection number 326; an opened flint nodule from the Bramblings, Speen, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 44; wulfenite from Mexico, collection number 446; garnet schist, collection number 189; orange calcite from Brazil, collection number 106; brochantite from Copiapo, Chile, collection number 393; gypsum from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 366; baryte from North Africa, collection number 127. 2.79 kg total, 6.7-16.6 cm
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.
