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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
3/4 - 13 1/4 in. (628 grams total, 1.9-33.5 cm).
Comprising: selenite wand from Mexico, collection number 622; calcite, collection number 592; blue laced agate from Mexico, collection number 318; arsenopyrite from Peru, collection number 486; aragonite, collection number 338; amethyst, collection number 319; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; chrysoprase from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 195; rhodochrosite on quartz from Peru, collection number 450. [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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