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LOT 2477
Crocoite Crystal Mineral Specimen
2 1/4 in. (47 grams, 56 mm).
Vibrant red-orange crystals on a matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia.
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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