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LOT 2713
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 1/2 - 2 7/8 in. (433 grams total, 37-73 mm).
Comprising: orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314; cupro-adamite on goethite from Laurium, Greece, collection number 523 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; a cut and polished amethyst section from Brazil, collection number 360; sodalite, collection number 84; grey agate, collection number 165; four samples of marcasite from Sparta, Illinois, USA, collection number 612; epidote on quartz from Cape Province, South Africa, collection number 418; realgar on orpiment from Nevada, USA, collection number 147 with an old Gemstones Ltd. invoice; green conichalcite, collection number 497. [12, 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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