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LOT 1785
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
1 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (1.97 kg total, 40-94 mm).
Comprising: anhydrate drilled core from Bahrain; an iridescent blue bornite; a rectangular cut wulfenite specimen; drilled calcite core; a polished red jasper slab found near Dunnotar Castle beach, Scotland in 1986; azurite; native copper; iridescent green bornite; a brown mica specimen. [9, No Reserve]
Provenance
Collected in person from 1966-1986.
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.
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LOT 1785
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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