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LOT 2599
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, South West Africa' Malachite on Calcite Crystal Specimen
3 3/8 in. (106 grams, 84 mm).
Displaying very small botryoidal malachite masses on pale green to colourless calcite, collection number 432. [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 2599
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, South West Africa' Malachite on Calcite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Devonian-Late Pleistocene Period, 395 million-125,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of fossils comprising: four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; two polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a Dactylioceras commune trilobite; a Hildoceras bifrons ammonite; two Littorina littorea gastropods; and other fossils. 1.3 kg total, 2.5-12.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Historic 'Brazil' Amethyst with Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With deep purple crystals and some small quartz encrustations, collection number 266. 1.26 kg, 16.5 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 - Historic 'Mexico' Rosasite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Well-formed crystals on a matrix of brownish black limonite, the crystals coated, in certain areas, by very small, translucent light brown crystals, possibly calcite, collection number 492, with an old Gregor, Bottley & Lloyd label. 56 grams, 74 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.
