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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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LOT 2652
Natural History - Mixed Natural History Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: pyrite from Italy on a granite stand; granite from Middlesex, England, collection number 534; halite(?), no collection number; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 502; basalt, collection number 225; bornite, collection number 178; quartz, no collection number; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 462; an unidentified banded specimen, possibly slag, no collection number. 1.1 kg total, 2.1-10.9 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. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: pink calcite, collection number 40; conichalcite with chrysocolla from Ojvela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico, collection number 618 with old Richard Tayler Minerals label; quartz from Cumbria, collection number 19; cluster of colourless quartz crystals from Madagascar, collection number 67; calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 316; actinolite from Norway, collection number 328; campylite from Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, collection number 279; galena from England, collection number 234; chalcotrichite from Pendarves Mine, level 6, Tryphena Lode, Cornwall, England, collection number 571 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label. 433 grams total, 34-65 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 - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: granite from near Harare, Zimbabwe, collection number 587; bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 215; citrine from Brazil, collection number 55; schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 514; a large flint sample from Greenford, Middlesex, collection number 430; chalcopyrite from Cornwall, collection number 4; hemimorphite from Mexico, collection number 27; pyrite from Mexico, collection number 104; azurite and malachite from Mexico, collection number 75. 1.7 kg total, 4.1-12 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.
