Natural History - Historic Mixed Mineral Collection

1 3/8 - 4 1/4 in. (1.24 kg total, 3.4-11 cm).

Comprising: four native copper specimens; bornite specimens with mainly brown and blue iridescence; azurite; coprite on matrix; a section of petrified wood; a drilled calcite core; a yellow calcite specimen and a polished agate egg with a stand. [9, No Reserve]

Provenance

Collected in person in 1966.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.

CONDITION

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LOT 1955