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LOT 2499
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
3/4 - 4 1/4 in. (1.1 kg total, 2.1-10.9 cm).
Comprising: pyrite from Italy on a granite stand; granite from Middlesex, England, collection number 534; halite(?), no collection number; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 502; basalt, collection number 225; bornite, collection number 178; quartz, no collection number; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 462; an unidentified banded specimen, possibly slag, no collection number. [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.
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