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LOT 2652
Natural History - Mixed Natural History Group
1 - 4 1/8 in. (388 grams total, 2.7-10.6 cm).
Comprising: two sea urchins, corals, a shark tooth, a replica trilobite and ammonite, and others. [10, 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 Pyrite on Calcite and Fluorite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Consisting of a cluster of cubic pyrite crystals on a matrix of white calcite and fluorite crystals, with a very small quantity of unidentified sky-blue material, collection number 609. 205 grams, 85 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 - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 761 grams total, 14-66 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. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonites
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The irregular matrix showing multiple specimens, possibly Eleganticeras sp. 810 grams, 14.8 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
