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LOT 2459
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 3/8 - 4 1/2 in. (1.46 kg total, 3.5-11.5 cm).
Comprising: tuff from Chineham District Centre, Chineham, Basingstoke, England, collection number 532; pale apple-green gypsum from Rudna Copper Mine, Lubin, Poland, collection number 576; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 501; a cut and polished agate geode half from Brazil, collection number 68; asrophyllite from Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, collection number 556; breccia, collection number 188; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; boleite, collection number 553. [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.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Historic 'Australia' Boulder Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Chocolate-brown matrix with vibrant opal inclusions, collection number 411. 47.4 grams, 43 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: erythrite from Mount Cobalt, Queensland, Australia, collection number 473; azurite from Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Zambia, collection number 443, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished onyx agate slice from Brazil, collection number 270; turquoise from Turquoise Mountain, Arizona, USA, collection number 487, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; natrolite from Ireland, collection number 496; a cut and polished agate slice from Mexico, collection number 327; quartz, collection number 312; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 206; quartz from Cumbria, England, collection number 19. 353 grams total, 32-67 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Otarion Trilobite
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Otarion sp. showing the characteristic high-stalked eyes and elongated spines. 70 grams, 59 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
