Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection

1 3/4 - 6 7/8 in. (2.06 kg total, 4.4-17.5 cm).

Comprising: granite from Horsenden Lane, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 429; stained calcite from Ghajn Tuffer, Malta, collection number 41; a cut and polished agate geode slice, collection number 165; fluorite from Mexico, collection number 325, with an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1978;ferruginous limestone with epidote, collection number 171; sandstone, collection number 90; mudstone, collection number 242; banded pebble from Iraq; scolecite from Peru, collection number 437. [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.

Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.

CONDITION

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LOT 2571