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LOT 2649
Iridescent Pyrite with Calcite Mineral Specimen
2 in. (43 grams, 53 mm).
An irregular host rock with micro crystals of pyrite and calcite producing an attractive display of colours. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Abbeyton Quarry, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland, October 1998.
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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