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LOT 2605
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
2 5/8 - 6 1/2 in. (2.79 kg total, 6.7-16.6 cm).
Comprising: hematite on amethyst from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, collection number 280; citrine, collection number 326; an opened flint nodule from the Bramblings, Speen, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 44; wulfenite from Mexico, collection number 446; garnet schist, collection number 189; orange calcite from Brazil, collection number 106; brochantite from Copiapo, Chile, collection number 393; gypsum from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 366; baryte from North Africa, collection number 127. [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.
Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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