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LOT 2767
Natural History - 'Specimens Illustrating the Geology Around the Cheddar Caves' Mineral Specimen Collection
4 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (57 grams total, 12 x 12.5 cm including folder).
In a card folder with a short information text and twelve labelled mineral specimens: limestone, marl, sandstone, flagstone, flowstone, calcite, pyrite, a fossil crinoid, limonite, galena, barytes and wad. [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.
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LOT 2767
Natural History - 'Specimens Illustrating the Geology Around the Cheddar Caves' Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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