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LOT 2837
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, Namibia' Wulfenite Mineral Specimen
2 1/8 in. (18.7 grams, 55 mm).
Displaying colourless square plates on a sandy-grey matrix, collection number 555; purchased for £68.50 from A.L.D. Milverton, Cheshire, in 1984. [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 2837
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, Namibia' Wulfenite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Historic 'Poland' Halite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Consisting of a cluster of cubic and prismatic rectangular crystals, collection number 578, with an old Geologisch Centrum label. 174 grams, 11 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Upper Rear Tooth
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With stub roots. 180 grams, 74 mm
From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. -
Natural History - Historic 'Gilgit, Himalayas' Spessartite Garnet on Black Tourmaline Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Consisting of a reddish spessartite crystal on a black tourmaline on a white matrix, with a sprinkling of some smaller garnet crystals; purchased for £38.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 11.8 grams, 24 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.
