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LOT 2777
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
2 - 4 3/4 in. (1.28 kg total, 5.1-12.1 cm).
Comprising: gypsum, no collection number; garnet schist, collection number 191; red granite, collection number 399; Blue John from Derbyshire, England, collection number 484, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished slice of septarian nodule from USA, collection number 117; limestone from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 510; kermesite with stibnite from Pezinok, Czechoslovakia, collection number 601; mica, collection number 366; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate from Devon, England, collection number 46. [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.
Five 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 'Australia' Opal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising six small specimens displaying blue and green colours, collection number 218. 6.01 grams total, 13-21 mm
Ex Miss Rawlinson in 1908. 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 - Fossil North African 'T-Rex' Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Showing some good serrations, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 2.83 grams, 29 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
