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LOT 2419
Historic British Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
4 1/4 in. (2.08 kg total, 10.7 cm each).
Comprising: mugearite from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland; tonalite from Ardnamurchan, West Scotland; dunite serpentine from Lizard, Cornwall, England; with old Gregory, Bottley & Co. labels. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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