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LOT 2749
Cut and Polished Amethyst Church
2 1/4 in. (185 grams, 57.5 mm).
A small ovoid geode section with deep purple amethyst crystals, polished outer face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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