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LOT 2590
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1/2 - 2 1/8 in. (53 grams total, 13-55 mm).
Comprising: ruby from East Africa, collection number 172; orange citrine, collection number 296; aventurine, collection number 306; colourless aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 157; blue opal, collection number 141; a cut and polished amethyst slice from Brazil, collection number 360; deep seaweed-green tourmaline from Nigeria, West Africa, collection number 329; turquoise from Cornwall, England, collection number 22; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198. [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 'Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey' Kammererite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Featuring small crystals on a dark grey matrix, collection number 547; purchased for £32.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 75.2 grams, 47 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Deccan, India' Stilbite on Heulandite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising pink heulendite crystals with a flower-shaped formation of white stilbite crystals, collection number 369, with an old Leolites India letter. 264 grams, 80 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: granite with high mica content from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 500; unakite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 229; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; pyrite, collection number 592; granite, collection number 540; gneiss veins in quartz with two cut and polished faces, collection number 404; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 506; grit from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 224; mica, collection number 366. 1.8 kg total, 4.6-20 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. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
