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LOT 2848
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
5/8 - 3 1/2 in. (149 grams total, 17-91 mm).
Comprising: arsenopyrite, collection number 471; fluorite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 196; a cut and polished agate geode slice in enhanced blue colour; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 469; spodumene from Scotland, collection number 158; chalcocite from Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England, collection number 561; actinolite, collection number 463; lazulite with siderite from Crosscut, Yukon, Canada, collection number 548; orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314. [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 - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice, collection number 395; jasper slice from Stone Canyon, near Coalinga, California, USA, collection number 289; a cut section of sandstone nodule, collection number 227. 1.62 kg total, 15.2-17 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: arsenopyrite, collection number 471; fluorite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 196; a cut and polished agate geode slice in enhanced blue colour; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 469; spodumene from Scotland, collection number 158; chalcocite from Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England, collection number 561; actinolite, collection number 463; lazulite with siderite from Crosscut, Yukon, Canada, collection number 548; orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314. 149 grams total, 17-91 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.
