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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]
Provenance
Acquired 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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