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LOT 2547
Natural History - Mixed Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
1/2 - 1 1/4 in. (722 grams total, 15-33 mm).
Comprising: haematite, quartz, amethyst, aventurine, dalmatian jasper and others. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2547
Natural History - Mixed Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: satin spar from England, collection number 99; hornblende schist, collection number 168; olivine, collection number 371; calcite and dolomite from Otavi, Tsumeb, South West Africa, collection number 579, with an old Richard W. Barstow label; serpentinite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 223; a cut and polished slice of amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; granite from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 401; a cut and polished amethyst agate geode half from Chihuahua, Mexico, collection number 545; andesite, collection number 183. 1.91 kg, 6-12.4 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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 - Fossil Plesiosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra Group
Jurassic Period, circa 200-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two main bodies. 617 grams total, 86-96 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
