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LOT 2811
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
2 5/8 - 6 3/4 in. (2.01 kg total, 6.7-17 cm).
Comprising: quartzite, collection number 407; fluorite from Cumbria, collection number 431, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; stilbite from Skye, Scotland, collection number 286; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; thunder agate from Australia, collection number 45; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295. [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.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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