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LOT 2480
'Frosted' Deep Purple Amethyst Slab
9 1/4 in. (2.68 kg, 23.5 cm).
A cut section of a geode lined with well-formed amethyst crystals with calcite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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