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LOT 2773
Natural History - Mineral Specimen Collection
1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (318 grams total, 9-57 mm).
Comprising: a dolomite and quartz specimen from Nentsbury Mine, Northumbria, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a cassiterite specimen from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Cornwall, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a geode section with a cluster of amethyst crystals, from Brazil; both halves of a quartz geode from Morocco; a group of thirty-five pyrite crystal nuggets of various sizes. [40, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Historic 'Brazil' Azurite with Malachite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Featuring variously coloured azurite crystals and small fibrous malachite crystals, collection number 272. 305 grams, 93 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. -
Natural History - Historic 'Kirgiz, Russia' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying excellent crystal formations, collection number 434; bought from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £25.00 in the 1980s. 116 grams, 68 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. -
Natural History - Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
In enhanced dyed blue colour, opened to reveal the internal crystal filled cavity. 193 grams total, 51-55 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.