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LOT 2644
Fused Pyrite Cubes Mineral Display Specimen
2 1/8 in. (138 grams, 55 mm).
Comprising two large and several small intergrown cuboid crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Armejun, Spain.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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