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LOT 2668
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
3/4 - 1 3/4 in. (97 grams total, 19-44 mm).
Comprising: ulexite from Kern County, California, USA, collection number 258; citrine, collection number 296; okenite from Poona, India, collection number 373; cassiterite from Cornwall, England, collection number 167; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 164; cuprite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 558; tremolite, collection number 465; chalcopyrite on quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 304; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 322. [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.
Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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