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LOT 2674
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
2 1/8 - 5 1/4 in. (1.2 kg total, 5.4-13.2 cm).
Comprising: muscovite, collection number 307; brown calcite from Brazil, collection number 56; asbestos from South Africa, collection number 290; manganese nodule from equatorial Atlantic, off Sierra Leone, West Africa, collection number 232; a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 213; cerussite from Harz Mountains, West Germany, collection number 521, with a previous collector's number label 594; muscovite, collection number 292; sulphur on amorphoussilica from Italy, collection number 482; a cut and polished slice of crazy laced agate from Brazil, collection number 368. [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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