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LOT 2846
Natural History - Historic 'Paleleh, North Celebes, East Indies' Gold Ore on Quartz Crystal Specimen
2 5/8 in. (89 grams, 67 mm).
Displaying sandy-yellow, yellowish-white, white, and gold-yellow colours colours, collection number 121. [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 2846
Natural History - Historic 'Paleleh, North Celebes, East Indies' Gold Ore on Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Amethyst Crystal Geode Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Spherical geode cut in half exposing the internal cavity filled with dark purple amethyst crystals. 1.05 kg total, 11.2 cm each
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a dolomite and quartz specimen from Nentsbury Mine, Northumbria, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a cassiterite specimen from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Cornwall, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a geode section with a cluster of amethyst crystals, from Brazil; both halves of a quartz geode from Morocco; a group of thirty-five pyrite crystal nuggets of various sizes. 318 grams total, 9-57 mm
Fine condition.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Pair
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Containing two Dactylioceras tenuicostatum sp. specimens. 947 grams, 13.9 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
