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LOT 2732

Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection

2 3/4 - 7 1/2 in. (11 kg total, 7-19 cm).

Comprising: a cut and polished agate geode section, collection number 335; a large section of ignimbrite, collection number 87; quartz from Rhandir-Mwyn, near Llandovery, Dyfed, Wales, collection number 331; white quartz, collection number 403; schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 513; quartzite, collection number 86; siderite in chlorite from Devon, England, collection number 281; boulangerite from Noche Bvena, Zacatecas, Mexico, collection number 619, with an old Richard Tayler Minerals label; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 503. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2732

Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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