Natural History - Historic 'Sicily, Italy' Sulphur Mineral Specimen

Comprising: ruby from East Africa, collection number 172; orange citrine, collection number 296; aventurine, collection number 306; colourless aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 157; blue opal, collection number 141; a cut and polished amethyst slice from Brazil, collection number 360; deep seaweed-green tourmaline from Nigeria, West Africa, collection number 329; turquoise from Cornwall, England, collection number 22; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198. 53 grams total, 13-55 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.

The horned ammonite with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell. 369 grams, 92 mm



From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

Comprising: orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314; cupro-adamite on goethite from Laurium, Greece, collection number 523 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; a cut and polished amethyst section from Brazil, collection number 360; sodalite, collection number 84; grey agate, collection number 165; four samples of marcasite from Sparta, Illinois, USA, collection number 612; epidote on quartz from Cape Province, South Africa, collection number 418; realgar on orpiment from Nevada, USA, collection number 147 with an old Gemstones Ltd. invoice; green conichalcite, collection number 497. 433 grams total, 37-73 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.