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LOT 1911
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
1 1/4 - 3 in. (829 grams total, 32-76 mm).
Comprising: prismatic quartz crystals; brucite from Italy; a matrix with zircon from Minsk; sphalerite with calcite; microcline felspar; barite from Nchanga, Zambia; sphalerite from Nenthead; two felspar pyromorphite; and a lava bomb from Vesuvius, Italy. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected 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.
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LOT 1911
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
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