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Lot 3416 Details
Description
A mixed mineral group comprising: a mixed specimen of clinoclase, olivenite and minor licronite, a brown coloured 'wood opal' specimen, a pearly to buff coloured stilbite structure developed over a thin crystalline calcite and a jet black hexagonal tourmaline crystal. 90 grams total, 27-53mm (1 - 2"). Ex Dr M. G. 'Sam' Weller, MBE, collection, Cornwall, UK, supplied with Dr Weller's personal collection labels. Dr Maurice G. Weller, MBE, Ph.D, FISC, traded for many years as 'Sam Weller Minerals' following an interest held from the age of 12 years when he inherited a 19th century family collection; he was a member and sometime President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and a member of Cornwall Archaeological Society (born Cornwall, 31 March 1931"). He had joined the RAF as a young man and spent 22 years in developing sophisticated military radar technology (for which he was awarded his MBE) until he medically retired in 1969, after which he established Yonder Town Field Studies Centre in Newquay, Cornwall before moving to Pendeen. Sam has now decided that the time has come to part with his private collection of minerals, including a number from historic Cornish sites, some with 19th century pedigrees. [4, No Reserve]
Condition
Fine condition.
Buyer's Premium
- 30%
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate £40 - £60
Sep 09, 2018
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3416: Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for £10
•2 BidsEst. £40 - £60•Starting Price £5
TimeLine Auctions - Antiquities, Day 6Sun, Sep 09, 2018 04:00 AMBuyer's Premium 30%
Lot 3416 Details
Description
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A mixed mineral group comprising: a mixed specimen of clinoclase, olivenite and minor licronite, a brown coloured 'wood opal' specimen, a pearly to buff coloured stilbite structure developed over a thin crystalline calcite and a jet black hexagonal tourmaline crystal. 90 grams total, 27-53mm (1 - 2"). Ex Dr M. G. 'Sam' Weller, MBE, collection, Cornwall, UK, supplied with Dr Weller's personal collection labels. Dr Maurice G. Weller, MBE, Ph.D, FISC, traded for many years as 'Sam Weller Minerals' following an interest held from the age of 12 years when he inherited a 19th century family collection; he was a member and sometime President of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and a member of Cornwall Archaeological Society (born Cornwall, 31 March 1931"). He had joined the RAF as a young man and spent 22 years in developing sophisticated military radar technology (for which he was awarded his MBE) until he medically retired in 1969, after which he established Yonder Town Field Studies Centre in Newquay, Cornwall before moving to Pendeen. Sam has now decided that the time has come to part with his private collection of minerals, including a number from historic Cornish sites, some with 19th century pedigrees. [4, No Reserve]
Condition
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Fine condition.
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