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LOT 2735
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 5/8 - 4 1/4 in. (1.62 kg total, 4.2-10.8 cm).
Comprising: a cut slice of amethyst on basalt from Brazil, collection number 95; gneiss from Scotland, collection number 81; a cut and polished slice of agate and quartz from Brazil, collection number 353; apple-green fuchsite from Brazil, collection number 58; calcite from England, collection number 102; a cut and polished slice of agate geode with quartz from Brazil, collection number 126; a cut and polished slice of stalactite, collection number 36; quartzo-feldspathic schist, collection number 169; quartz on sphalerite, collection number 180. [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.
Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - 'Gem & Rock Centre, Zimbabwe' Mineral Specimen Sample Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Supplied in the original box with typed label, comprising: calcrete, serpentine, yellow fluorspar, banded jasper, pink dolomite, rainbow jasper, pyrite, rose quartz, lipidolite, unakite, paisley agate, coral jasper, aventuring, yellow fire jasper; grey granite, carnelian, zebra jasper, white quartz silica, petrified wood and pink limestone. 300 grams total, 15 x 12 cm including box
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. -
Natural History - Historic 'Boia Sprie, Romania' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
In the form of a cluster of prismatic radiating crystals, collection number 560, with an old ISIS Minerals label. 79 grams, 72 mm
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 index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: ulexite from Kern County, California, USA, collection number 258; citrine, collection number 296; okenite from Poona, India, collection number 373; cassiterite from Cornwall, England, collection number 167; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 164; cuprite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 558; tremolite, collection number 465; chalcopyrite on quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 304; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 322. 97 grams total, 19-44 mm
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.
