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LOT 2598
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
7/8 - 3 1/2 in. (760 grams total, 22-88 mm).
Comprising: rose quartz from Brazil, collection number 320; calcite from Mexico on a granite display base; optical calcite; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 402; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 470; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite with high muscovite content from Middlesex, collection number 535; linarite with prosopite from Grand Reef Mine, Arizona, USA, collection number 549, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; zinkenite from San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia, collection number 564, with an old Simon Harrison Minerals 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.
Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Historic 'Vera Cruz, Mexico' Amethyst Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Consisting of two well-formed amethyst crystals extending from a bed of white quartz crystals, collection number 575, with an old A.L.D. Milverton label. 16 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): £46
Comprising: a cut sample of chrysoprase from Australia, collection number 383; bornite from North Transvaal, North Africa, collection number 215; yellow calcite from Libya, collection number 361; a cut geode half from Brazil, collection number 112; a cut calcite slice from Malta, collection number 80; green actinolite from near St Moritz, Switzerland, collection number 359; a large rose quartz specimen from Brazil, collection number 64; agate geode section, collection number 385; actinolite from near St Moritz, Switzerland, collection number 359. 2.8 kg total, 5.1-13 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. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Diplomystus Fish Plate
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Diplomystus sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab showing good detail to the spine and ribs. 9.4 kg, 46 x 61.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
