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LOT 2514
Natural History - Historic 'Tanzania' Ruby Chrom-zoisite Mineral Specimen
3 in. (140 grams, 76 mm).
Displaying vivid emerald-green, ruby-red and greyish black colours, collection number 381. [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.
This form of ruby zoisite can only be found in Tanzania.
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LOT 2514
Natural History - Historic 'Tanzania' Ruby Chrom-zoisite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Fossil Ichthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Coprolite
Early Jurassic Period, circa 199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Irregular coprolite with tiny fish-bone inclusions. 32 grams, 52 mm
From Broad Ledge, near Church Cliffs, Lyme Regis, Dorset, 2004. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page. -
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 3151 Meteorite Slice
Found 2005 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A cut slice of brachinite, recorded as: Northwest Africa 3151; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'NWA 3151' to one side. 13 grams, 64 mm (78.9 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)
From the Sahara, N.W. Africa. Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
The total known weight of the meteorite is 1500 grams in a single oriented stone with a translucent honey brown crust, and it measured 115 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm prior to cutting. -
Natural History - Historic 'Zolluerein Mine, Germany' Millerite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Consisting of a fine hair-like crystals radiating from a thin barite/dolomite matrix, zaratite and marcasite also present, collection number 580; purchased for £40.00 from Geologisch Centrum, in the 1980s. 5.51 grams, 33 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.
