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LOT 2666
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Back Tooth
ICE AGE, 50,000-20,000 YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (140 grams, 81 mm).
With substantial roots. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia.
Acquired from an old Dutch collection.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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Natural History - Group of Polished Copal with Insects
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Natural History - Historic 'Spencer Opal Mine, Idaho, U.S.A.' Opal Mineral Specimen
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A milk-opal variety displaying iridescent white colour; purchased for £65.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 163 grams, 87 mm
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Displaying fine examples of hopper quartz crystals and well-formed sphalerite crystals; purchased for £30.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 1.08 kg, 12.7 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.
