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LOT 2618
Natural History - Mixed Fossil and Mineral Collection
MAINLY DEVONIAN-CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 395-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 - 6 1/8 in. (1.9 kg total, 2.6-15.7 cm).
Comprising: a polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a polished Orthoceras sp.; a trilobite; a cut half geode specimen; a polished coral head; a rostral spine; a shark vertebra; two cut ammonites; a matrix with fossilised leaf remains; and other specimens. [19, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic 'Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil' Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying two large, almost colourless prismatic crystals with some smaller crystals; bought from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £60.00 in the 1980s, with an old label. 217 grams, 13.6 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, South West Africa' Dioptase on Calcite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying emerald-green dioptase crystals on a matrix of rhombohedral calcite with some hematite present, collection number 569, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 76 grams, 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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.
