A fine and comprehensive collection of mineral, fossil and petrological samples,

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A fine and comprehensive collection of mineral, fossil and petrological samples,
contained in two hardwood cabinets, each with five drawers containing between 30 and 50 samples each, with typed paper labels (some labels separated but retained; see sample list below), each cabinet -- 24in. (61cm.) wide; with iron stand on rotating castors -- 21¼in. (54cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot, if not cleared by 1pm on the next business day following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road, London W12 7SJ. Tel: 44(0)20 8735 3700. Fax: 44(0)20 8735 3701. Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate, every week-day from 9am to 5pm. An initial transfer and administration charge of £3.20 (Paintings) or £18.50 (Furniture/Objects) and a storage charge of £1.60 (Paintings) or £ 3.20 (Furniture/Objects) per lot per day will be payable to Cadogan Tate. These charges are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge. Exceptionally large pictures will be subject to a surcharge.

Lot Essay

CONTENTS OF CABINET 1, DRAWER 4 (pictured)

Crystals of iron pyrites - pyritohedron form (12 pentagonal faces)
Quartz crystals
Marcasite - iron sulphide (Sussex)
Serpentine (The Lizard)
Wavellite - hydrated phosphate of aluminium (Magnet Cove, Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Pegmatite
Iron Pyrites - pyritohedron form
Graphic granite (quartz and felspar only) Inverness
Rhomb Porphyry (Norway - Hunstanton)
Lapis Lazuli (silicate of aluminium)
Kidney Ore (Hailmoor Mine)
Septarian Nodule (Turtle stone) - clay hardened with calcite
Pyromorphite (lead, phosphate & chlorate)
Microcline (silicate of aluminium and potassium)
Rhomb Porphyry (Scarborough)
Lapis Lazuli - Lazurite (silicate of aluminium & sodium persia)
Kidney Hermatite - Reniform habit
Kidney Hermatite (iron oxide)
Iceland Spar (calcite crystal of optical quality - double refraction)
Rutile in Quartz (Titanium Oxide)
(no label - 4 polished samples)
Iron Pyrites - sulphide of iron (Ecton Mine, Derbyshire)
Barytes fossil wood (Newhaven, Derbyshire)
Blue John (Derbyshire)
Blue John (Derbyshire)
Flint - compact cryptocrystalline silica showing nodule, cortex and well-defined conchoidal fracture - Keyahm, Leicestershire, 24.1.65
Coprolite (nodule of phosphate of Lime) (fossil dung) Gloucestershire, Lias
Calcite on amethyst (Cornwall)
Amethyst
Malachite (hydrated carbonate of copper)
Amazonstone (variant of Microline) silicate of aluminium & potassium
Psilomelane (with tubular crystals of Barytes)
Hertfordshire Puddingstone (sedimentary conglomerate)
Mica
Muscovite Sheet Mica (Kenya, East Africa)
Topaz (Fluo-silicate of aluminium) Brazil
Moss Agate

For a full list of contents, please contact the department.

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