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LOT 2583
Natural History - Historic Stunning Orpiment Mineral Specimen
2 3/4 in. (185 grams, 68 mm).
Displaying vivid yellow, red and reddish-orange colours, high arsenic content, collection number 345. [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 2583
Natural History - Historic Stunning Orpiment Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Satin Spar Wand Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With silky lustre, crystallised form of gypsum; each cut to a length. 782 grams total, 50-71 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; agate slice from Brazil, collection number 364; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate, collection number 46; calcite, collection number 366; arogonite from Somerset, England, collection number 166; gabbro from Visingso Lake, Sweden, collection number 255; a cut and polished agate geode half, collection number 419; two sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, England, collection number 173; arsenopyrite, collection number 471; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; aragonite from Spain, collection number 156; and a number of other mineral specimens without collection numbers. 677 grams total, 0.9-15.7 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. Two lots accompanied by an historic index card. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Shark and Fish Teeth Display
Cretaceous-Eocene Period, 70-45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A glazed display case with mounted specimens of various teeth, vertebrae and ray palates, with identifying labels. 916 grams, 34.6 x 24.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
