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LOT 2629
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 3/8 - 2 7/8 in. (675 grams total, 37-74 mm).
Comprising: scolecite from Peru, collection number 437; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 507; sulphur from Mexico, collection number 65; chalcopyrite, collection number 317; green calcite from Missouri, USA, collection number 241, with old James Walker label and invoice dated 1977; legrandite from Mexico, collection number 490, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; malachite from Tsumeb, South West Africa, collection number 448, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; bornite on chalcopyrite, collection number 210; agate geode half, collection number 385. [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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