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LOT 2808
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
5/8 - 3 in. (104 grams total, 16-76 mm).
Comprising: calcite from Picher, Oklahoma, USA, collection number 30; sulphur from Australia, collection number 24; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; optical calcite from Mexico, collection number 142; pyrrhotine from Mexico, collection number 144; rhodonite from England, collection number 48; corundum, collection number 134; mica schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 512; a mineral specimen in a glass bottle. [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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