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LOT 2885
Boxed and Labelled Native Copper Specimen Collection
1 - 1 5/8 in. (180 grams total, 24-42 mm).
A group of native copper specimens, each held in a white card collector's tray. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCaledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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