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LOT 2755
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
1/2 - 3 3/8 in. (835 grams total, 15-87 mm).
Comprising: agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198; galena from England, collection number 234; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; granite from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, England; amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; actinolite, collection number 463; unidentified prismatic mineral specimen, collection number 599; baryte from Cumbria, England, collection number 13; sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, collection number 173; crazy laced agate slice, collection number 397; two selenite slices from the Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; and a number of other mineral specimens without collection numbers. [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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Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: muscovite and quartz vein from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 222; quartz rosette, collection number 293; specular hematite from West Cumbria, England, collection number 370; bornite from Mexico, collection number 43; rose quartz from Minais Gerais, Brazil, collection number 412; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 13; rose quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 205; diorite from England, collection number 185; chalcopyrite in baryte from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 237. 571 grams total, 39-88 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A freestanding Mellitella sp. ammonite showing well preserved ribs, information sticker to the base. 923 grams, 11.8 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Historic 'Blackdean, Durham' Fluorite with Galena Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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. 1.53 kg, 14 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.
