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Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
1 3/4 - 6 1/2 in. (3.06 kg total, 4.5-16.5 cm).
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. [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.
Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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