TimeLine Auctions

Auction 160  –  3 - 8 September 2024

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 160

Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities, Natural History & Coins

Part 1: Tu, 03.09.2024, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 2: We, 04.09.2024, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Th, 05.09.2024, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 4: Fr, 06.09.2024, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Sa, 07.09.2024, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Su, 08.09.2024, from 1:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.
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Description

Comprising: cherry-red rhodonite on galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, collection number 559, with an old ISIS Minerals label; emerald-green dioptase from Harlequin Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA, collection number 152; apple-green pyromorphite from Ussel, Correze, France, collection number 552; orange stilbite, collection number 92; rubellite from USA , collection number 129; gypsum from Oxfordshire, England, collection number 15; sphalerite from Brazil, collection number 93; limonite from England, collection number 537; corundum from Madagascar, collection number 8. 123 grams total, 14-39 mm (5/8 - 1 1/2 in.).

Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. [9, No Reserve]

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Price realized 25 GBP
Starting price 5 GBP
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