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LOT 2824
Natural History - Historic Ulexite mineral Specimen Group
1 3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (57 grams total, 37-47 mm).
Comprising two colourless samples. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Bolivia.
Collected in person in 1968.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
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LOT 2824
Natural History - Historic Ulexite mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; quartz from a ploughed field, Speen, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 54; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; pseudomalachite with chrysocolla, collection number 394; cut slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 248; volcanic rock, collection number 531; a cut and polished slice of agate geode from Brazil, collection number 126; citrine from Brazil, collection number 379, with an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. 3.46 kg total, 7.8-24 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. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising twenty-two Otodus obliquus teeth. 35 grams total, 18-36 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Carpopenaeus sp. on a rectangular matrix. 113 grams, 10 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
