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LOT 2567
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 1/2 - 5 3/4 in. (1.37 kg total, 3.8-14.6 cm).
Comprising: pyrolusite from Cornwall, England, collection number 362; hematite on a granite base from Cumbria, England; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from Sandwich Bay, Kent, England, collection number 184; pyrolusite from Solenhofen, Bavaria, collection number 256, with an old James Walker label; granite from Scotland(?), collection number 466; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 454; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 507; halite from Brazil, collection number 220. [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 - Diogenite NWA 4664 Meteorite Slice
Found 2006 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A cut slice of diogenite, an igneous rock rich in the magnesium- and iron-rich silicate orthopyroxene, recorded as: Northwest Africa 4664; displayed in a Swiss membrane box, inked note 'NWA 4664' to one side. 10.2 grams, 53 mm (58.6 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
From Algeria. Ex Mile High Meteorites, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original identification card.
Vesta is the second largest asteroid and the only large one covered with basalt; the fine-grained volcanic rock makes up the dark areas of the Moon and the huge shield volcanoes on Mars. Three groups of achondrites (igneous meteorites) are widely thought to have come from Vesta; these are the HED meteorites: Howardites, Eucrites and Diogenites. -
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Natural History - Mini Agate Crystal Geode Cut Half Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Each cut to reveal attractive banding and crystal-filled cavities. 703 grams total, 20-39 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Enstatite Happy Canyon Meteorite Slice
Found 1971 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A scarce enstatite achondrite stony meteorite section; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'H314.52 to one side. 7.57 grams, 29 mm (61 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
Ex American Meteorite Laboratory specimen number H314.52. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an old original identification card.
The Happy Canyon meteorite specimen was ploughed up on the R.L. Grigsby farm about 2 km northwest of Wayside, Texas in 1971; the original weight of the complete specimen was reported as 16.3 kg.
