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LOT 2511
Coloured Composite Quartz Nodule
2 in. (88.6 grams total, 50 mm each).
A composite nodule with dyed vivid pink quartz crystals. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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