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LOT 2729
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
1/2 - 2 1/2 in. (761 grams total, 14-66 mm).
Comprising: granite, collection number 536; two tiger's eye pebbles from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 203; selenite from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; arsenopyrite, collection number 471; stained calcite from Ghajn Tuffer, Malta, collection number 41; hematite, collection number 154; chryspoprase from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 195; sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, collection number 173; pyrite from, collection number 343; topaz from Madagascar, collection number 294; and a large number of other mineral samples 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 - Polished Stone Ball
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mudstone sphere with mottled surface. 93 grams, 44 mm
Found on a Roman site near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex old British collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: limonite from Spain, collection number 525, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut half agate geode from Mexico, collection number 51; turritella agate slice from Australia, collection number 257, with an old invoice from James Walker invoice dated 1977; quartz, collection number 137; bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 201; botryoidal hematite, collection number 263; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; copper in quartz, collection number 378; quartz on hematite from England, collection number 60. 1.42 kg total, 4.6-12.5 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: rose quartz from Brazil, collection number 320; calcite from Mexico on a granite display base; optical calcite; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 402; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 470; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite with high muscovite content from Middlesex, collection number 535; linarite with prosopite from Grand Reef Mine, Arizona, USA, collection number 549, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; zinkenite from San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia, collection number 564, with an old Simon Harrison Minerals label. 760 grams total, 22-88 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. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
