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LOT 2667
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (142 grams total, 18-66 mm).
Comprising: enargite with quartz from Montana, USA, collection number 528; green fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 435; kunzite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 476; aragonite, collection number 140; arsenopyrite from England, collection number 47; colourless calcite, collection number 410; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate from Devonshire, England, collection number 46; selenite from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; cuboid limonite from USA, collection number 498, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. [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.
Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: quartz from Brazil, collection number 384; garnet schist, collection number 190; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 464; thunder agate geode half, collection number 396; dolomite, collection number 202; citrine from Brazil, collection number 113; uranophane from Rossing Mine, South West Africa, collection number 613, with an old Isis Minerals label; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 504. 3.06 kg total, 4.5-16.5 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Amber Group with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising ten specimens of polished amber with insect inclusions. 23 grams total, 19-34 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Historic 'Scotland' Specular Haematite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Black variety with quartz and dolomite(?) crystals, collection number 269. 300 grams, 79 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.
