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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 - Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite Pair
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million year B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cut Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers. 375 grams total, 11-11.2 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: fluorite from Brazil, collection number 116; bornite and quartz on fuchsite from Messini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 194; galena from Brazil, collection number 74; two samples of bornite, chalcosine and covelline from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 303; specular hematite from Elba, Italy, collection number 489, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; adamite, collection number 179; wolframite from Cligger Head, Cornwall, England, collection number 347; hematite from Morocco, collection number 138; specular hematite from England, collection number 78. 1.44 kg total, 26-83 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two teeth with partial root. 30 grams total, 62-73 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
