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LOT 2472
Natural History - Large Historic 'Blackdean, Durham' Fluorite with Galena Mineral Specimen
5 1/2 in. (1.53 kg, 14 cm).
Beautiful specimen displaying lead-grey galena crystals with a coating of fine purple cubic fluorite, collection number 542; purchased for £50.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. [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 2472
Natural History - Large Historic 'Blackdean, Durham' Fluorite with Galena Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: erythrite from Mount Cobalt, Queensland, Australia, collection number 473; azurite from Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Zambia, collection number 443, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished onyx agate slice from Brazil, collection number 270; turquoise from Turquoise Mountain, Arizona, USA, collection number 487, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; natrolite from Ireland, collection number 496; a cut and polished agate slice from Mexico, collection number 327; quartz, collection number 312; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 206; quartz from Cumbria, England, collection number 19. 353 grams total, 32-67 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Polished Goniatite Jewellery Box
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A rectangular lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Goniatite sp. and other fossil specimens. 646 grams, 12.6 x 7.3 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed of lapis lazuli beads of graduated size. 6.39 grams, 45 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
