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LOT 2665
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
3/4 - 7 in. (3.5 kg total, 2-18 cm).
Comprising: quartz mica schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 515; orthoclase from Portugal, collection number 20; aurichalcite from Mexico, collection number 451; torbernite from Katanga, Congo, collection number 478; kermesite on stibnite from Romania, collection number 436; and four larger mineral samples. [9, 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.
Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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