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LOT 2632
Natural History - Madagascan Fossil Lump Wood
LATE TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 25 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (604 grams, 11.2 cm).
A cut freestanding section of wood, polished to show the attractive banding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, repaired, collection number 352; cobalto-smithsonite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 562; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; actinolite from Canada, collection number 16; wollastonite from Devon, England, collection number 159; antimony, collection number 584; fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 9; hematite from Cumbria, collection number 7; calcite from England, collection number 102. 94 grams total, 14-50 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. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: quartzite, collection number 407; fluorite from Cumbria, collection number 431, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; stilbite from Skye, Scotland, collection number 286; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; thunder agate from Australia, collection number 45; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295. 2.01 kg total, 6.7-17 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 - Large Cut Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Showing bark detail on the edges, the cut faces showing attractive agatized patterns. 1.41 kg, 26 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
