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LOT 2658
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
3 - 9 1/2 in. (3.46 kg total, 7.8-24 cm).
Comprising: iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; quartz from a ploughed field, Speen, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 54; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; pseudomalachite with chrysocolla, collection number 394; cut slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 248; volcanic rock, collection number 531; a cut and polished slice of agate geode from Brazil, collection number 126; citrine from Brazil, collection number 379, with an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. [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.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: satin spar from England, collection number 99; hornblende schist, collection number 168; olivine, collection number 371; calcite and dolomite from Otavi, Tsumeb, South West Africa, collection number 579, with an old Richard W. Barstow label; serpentinite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 223; a cut and polished slice of amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; granite from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 401; a cut and polished amethyst agate geode half from Chihuahua, Mexico, collection number 545; andesite, collection number 183. 1.91 kg, 6-12.4 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Fossil Knightia Alta Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A rectangular matrix with a single Knightia alta sp. fossil fish. 333 grams, 11.6 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. Accompanied by an original historic identification card. -
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Natural History - A Collection of Fossils
Devonian to Jurassic Period, circa 417-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mixed group including Perisphinctids indogermanus ammonite, Goniatite and Orthoceras. 584 grams total, 7.4-15.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
