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LOT 2523
Natural History - Historic 'Naca, Mexico' Selenite Crystal Specimen
2 3/4 in. (139 grams, 71 mm).
Displaying large tabular crystals with fine examples if swallow-tail contact twins, collection number 533; purchased for £25.00 from the Natural History Museum Shop, in 1983. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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 2523
Natural History - Historic 'Naca, Mexico' Selenite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 102 grams, 76 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Historic 'Mount Ida, U.S.A.' Smokey Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Consisting of very large, almost black crystals, collection number 607, with an old Geologisch Centrum label. 523 grams, 10 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 index file card. -
Natural History - Lyme Regis Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Showing a large quantity of ammonites. 358 grams, 97 mm
Found Lyme Regis, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.