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LOT 2554
Natural History - Historic 'Scotland' Specular Haematite Mineral Specimen
3 1/8 in. (300 grams, 79 mm).
Black variety with quartz and dolomite(?) crystals, collection number 269. [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 2554
Natural History - Historic 'Scotland' Specular Haematite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Eucrite-Melt Breccia NWA 11576 Meteorite Slice
Found 2017 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A rare eucrite meteorite slice recorded as: Northwest Africa 11576; displayed in a Swiss membrane box, inked inscription ' NWA 11576' to one edge. 20 grams, 38 mm (76.3 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
From North West Africa (Mali). Ex SV-Meteorites, Prague. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original identification card.
Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites thought to have originated from the surface of the giant asteroid (or minor planet) 4 Vesta. Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres. Like Earth, it has the differentiated layers of crust, mantle, and core common to rocky planets: this may mean that 4 Vesta is the remnant of a larger destroyed planet. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: brown calcite, collection number 321; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 206; agate geode section from Brazil, collection number 57; talc from Tyrol Province, Austria, collection number 136; mounted on a display base; yellow sulphur from Mexico, collection number 73; cut marcasite nodule, collection number 163; calcite from Cirvela, Sinaloa, Mexico, collection number 249; baryte and quartz on chalcosine, collection number 389; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 253. 2.47 kg total, 7.2-11.9 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Kolwesite and Rosasite on Hemimorphite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With chocolate-brown, brownish and greenish grey crystals, possibly from Mexico, collection number 149. 83 grams, 55 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 and a letter from the British Museum (Natural History) dated 1983 confirming the specimen to be kolwesite.
