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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]
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 2767
Natural History - 'Specimens Illustrating the Geology Around the Cheddar Caves' Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Large Historic 'USA' Marcasite on Galena Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A large specimen displaying good crystals of spear-shaped marcasite and cubic galena formations, collection number 453, with an old till receipt from the Natural History Museum Shop dated 1982. 2.62 kg, 14 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Column
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising six polished specimens on a textured matrix. 1.19 kg, 21 cm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Tribobite
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
On a matrix, showing good detail to the body. 142 grams, 65 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.