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LOT 2633
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1/2 - 7 3/8 in. (292 grams total, 1.1-18.8 cm).
Comprising: a large biotite specimen, collection number 101; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; picrite from Cornwall, England, collection number 426; sard from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 197; danburite from Maglovec, East Czechoslovakia, collection number 527; fluorite from Derbyshire, England, collection number 200; chalcedony from Cornwall, England, collection number 25; translucent from selenite from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; quartz 'sceptre' from Beaverhead County, Montana, USA, collection number 581. [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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LOT 2633
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic 'Italy' Calcite on Pyrite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Greyish, imperfect calcite crystals on a bed of small iridescent pyrite crystals, collection number 517. 698 grams, 10.8 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A specimen of polished amber with insect inclusion. 2.23 grams, 25 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, collection number 568, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; chalcopyrite on bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 33; annabergite from Laurium, Greece, collection number 493, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished slice of labradorite from Labrador, Canada, collection number 444; green fluorite crystal from Queensland, Australia, collection number 524; biotite from Canada, collection number 17; amazonite, collection number 323; a polished slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 397; kyanite from Brazil, collection number 356. 215 grams total, 27-81 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
