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LOT 2520
Natural History - Historic 'Quiruvilca Mine, Peru' Quartz on Sphalerite Crystal Specimen
2 1/2 in. (129 grams, 63 mm).
Two of the quartz crystals forming a cross, on a matrix of grey sphalerite with some pyrite present, collection number 628, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. [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 2520
Natural History - Historic 'Quiruvilca Mine, Peru' Quartz on Sphalerite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Historic 'Australia' Opal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising six small specimens displaying blue and green colours, collection number 218. 6.01 grams total, 13-21 mm
Ex Miss Rawlinson in 1908. 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 - 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. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: selenite wand from Mexico, collection number 622; calcite, collection number 592; blue laced agate from Mexico, collection number 318; arsenopyrite from Peru, collection number 486; aragonite, collection number 338; amethyst, collection number 319; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; chrysoprase from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 195; rhodochrosite on quartz from Peru, collection number 450. 628 grams total, 1.9-33.5 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
