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LOT 2467
Natural History - Historic Mounted 'Australia' Black Opal Specimen Pendant
3/4 in. (1.77 grams, 20 mm).
Polished to an oval cabochon and mounted to a pendant frame, collection number 219. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Miss Rawlinson in 1908.
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.
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LOT 2467
Natural History - Historic Mounted 'Australia' Black Opal Specimen Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
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Natural History - Historic Fossil Knightia Alta Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A rectangular matrix with a single Knightia alta sp. fossil fish. 333 grams, 11.6 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. Accompanied by an original historic identification card. -
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: quartz mica schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 515; orthoclase from Portugal, collection number 20; aurichalcite from Mexico, collection number 451; torbernite from Katanga, Congo, collection number 478; kermesite on stibnite from Romania, collection number 436; and four larger mineral samples. 3.5 kg total, 2-18 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A polygonal matrix displaying a fossilised Ophiura sp. 242 grams, 13.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
