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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]
ProvenanceAcquired 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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Very Large Matrix with Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years BPSold for (Inc. bp): £572
A huge montage of over fifty large fossil Otodus obliquus shark teeth, set recently in a matrix. 35.1 kg, 52 cm
From a Cambridgeshire collection; from Morocco. From the Horton collection, UK. -
Natural History - Historic 'Chilean Andes' Silver Mineral Specimen with Some Octahedral Crystals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Showing some octahedral crystals, collection number 277. 26 grams, 48 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): £78
Comprising: quartz from Brazil, collection number 384; garnet schist, collection number 190; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 464; thunder agate geode half, collection number 396; dolomite, collection number 202; citrine from Brazil, collection number 113; uranophane from Rossing Mine, South West Africa, collection number 613, with an old Isis Minerals label; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 504. 3.06 kg total, 4.5-16.5 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 index file card.
