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LOT 2562
Boxed Realgar Orpiment Mineral Specimen Group [12]
1/2 - 1 in. (146 grams total, 14-26 mm).
Yellow specimens with some red areas, each set in foam in a labelled cardboard specimen tray. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Getchel, Nevada, USA.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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