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LOT 2801
Natural History - Historic Pyrite on Fluorite Mineral Specimen
4 3/4 in. (1.26 kg, 12 cm).
With greyish white, mauve, brass-yellow and greenish white crystals, collection number 367. [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 2801
Natural History - Historic Pyrite on Fluorite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Fossil Agnostid Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
Middle Cambrian Period, circa 500 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Agnostid trilobite, Pychognostus cayanus cluster in sedimentary rock matrix. 35 grams, 58 mm
From House Range, Millard County, Utah, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; siltstone from the Table Top Mountain, South Africa, collection number 405; granite from Middlesex, collection number 505; cassiterite from Cornwall, England, collection number 167; two samples of sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, England, collection number 173; pyrite from England, collection number 82; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314; phantom calcite from Mexico, collection number 209; calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 316; selenite from the Sahara Desert, Libya; a quartz slice; polished malachite pebble and others. 586 grams total, 15-65 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. -
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Natural History - Historic Ulexite mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two colourless samples. 57 grams total, 37-47 mm
From Bolivia. Collected in person in 1968. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
