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LOT 2604
Natural History - Historic 'Peru' Rhodochrosite and Quartz Mineral Specimen
4 1/2 in. (335 grams, 11.4 cm).
With pinkish white, pale pink and brownish black crystals, collection number 374. [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 and an old James Walker label.
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LOT 2604
Natural History - Historic 'Peru' Rhodochrosite and Quartz Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Large Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The nodule split open to show the internal cavity filled with enhanced dyed blue crystals. 2.29 kg total, 14.4-15 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Pyrite on Calcite and Fluorite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Consisting of a cluster of cubic pyrite crystals on a matrix of white calcite and fluorite crystals, with a very small quantity of unidentified sky-blue material, collection number 609. 205 grams, 85 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: pink calcite, collection number 40; conichalcite with chrysocolla from Ojvela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico, collection number 618 with old Richard Tayler Minerals label; quartz from Cumbria, collection number 19; cluster of colourless quartz crystals from Madagascar, collection number 67; calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 316; actinolite from Norway, collection number 328; campylite from Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, collection number 279; galena from England, collection number 234; chalcotrichite from Pendarves Mine, level 6, Tryphena Lode, Cornwall, England, collection number 571 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label. 433 grams total, 34-65 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
