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LOT 2836
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 1/8 - 3 in. (394 grams total, 33-77 mm).
Comprising: quartz from Lake District, England, collection number 539; colourless optical calcite, collection number 245; acicular aragonite from Frizington, Cumbria, England, collection number 262; a cut slice of twinned stalactite, collection number 330; micaceous sandstone from England, collection number 182; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 206; siltstone(?) with partial collection number 05; olivenite from Tsumeb, South West Africa, collection number 428; cerussite and pyromorphite from Leadhills, Strathclyde, Scotland, collection number 526, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. [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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