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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Deer Antler Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 1.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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From the Alachua Formation, Taylor County, Florida, USA. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
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Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Historic Tsumeb Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Reticulated snowflake cerussite on an iron rich matrix 38 grams, 55 mm
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.
