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LOT 2776
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1/2 - 2 in. (94 grams total, 14-50 mm).
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, repaired, collection number 352; cobalto-smithsonite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 562; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; actinolite from Canada, collection number 16; wollastonite from Devon, England, collection number 159; antimony, collection number 584; fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 9; hematite from Cumbria, collection number 7; calcite from England, collection number 102. [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.
Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Boxed Historic Quartz Crystal 'Flower' Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With white to grey crystals arranged in a flower-like formation. 195 grams, 82 mm
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
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. 104 grams total, 16-76 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a cut slice of amethyst on basalt from Brazil, collection number 95; gneiss from Scotland, collection number 81; a cut and polished slice of agate and quartz from Brazil, collection number 353; apple-green fuchsite from Brazil, collection number 58; calcite from England, collection number 102; a cut and polished slice of agate geode with quartz from Brazil, collection number 126; a cut and polished slice of stalactite, collection number 36; quartzo-feldspathic schist, collection number 169; quartz on sphalerite, collection number 180. 1.62 kg total, 4.2-10.8 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
