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LOT 2358
English Green Fluorite Crystal Mineral Specimen
2 3/4 in. (214 grams, 69 mm).
Deep green interpenetrant cubic fluorite crystals on a matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Heights Mine, Westgate, Durham, UK.
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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