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LOT 2807
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (2.17 kg total, 12 cm each).
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Goniatite sp. fossils set to the frontal face. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Restrung; composed of lapis lazuli beads of graduated size. 6.39 grams, 45 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Historic Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: muscovite and quartz vein from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 222; quartz rosette, collection number 293; specular hematite from West Cumbria, England, collection number 370; bornite from Mexico, collection number 43; rose quartz from Minais Gerais, Brazil, collection number 412; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 13; rose quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 205; diorite from England, collection number 185; chalcopyrite in baryte from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 237. 571 grams total, 39-88 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: hematite on amethyst from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, collection number 280; citrine, collection number 326; an opened flint nodule from the Bramblings, Speen, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 44; wulfenite from Mexico, collection number 446; garnet schist, collection number 189; orange calcite from Brazil, collection number 106; brochantite from Copiapo, Chile, collection number 393; gypsum from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 366; baryte from North Africa, collection number 127. 2.79 kg total, 6.7-16.6 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.
