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LOT 2290
Coloured Quartz Crystal Geode Nodule
2 3/8 in. (136 grams total, 61 mm each).
A small nodule split in two halves exposing the vibrantly dyed magenta-coloured crystals. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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