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LOT 2854
Natural History - Large Historic Smokey Quartz Crystal Specimen
7 7/8 in. (5.6 kg, 20 cm).
A very large specimen displaying very dark crystals. [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.
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LOT 2854
Natural History - Large Historic Smokey Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: five mineral specimens in glass bottles; gypsum from Mexico, collection number 79; cerussite from Ireland, collection number 284; granite from England, collection number 406; quartzite from North Transvaal, South Africa; and three large mineral specimens. 5.25 kg total, 2.5-19 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. Four specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Nuevo Mercurio Fall Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A H5 chondrite showing some regmaglypts and primary fusion crust. 102 grams, 52 mm
Found near Nuevo Mercurio, Mexico, 1978.
The fall was strewn across an area about 10 km north of the village of Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico, 250 km South West of Monterrey. A bright fireball, travelling North East to South West and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north-central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. Only 5 kg of material has been found to date. -
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising four Goniatite sp. set on a textured freestanding matrix. 2.36 kg, 20 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
