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LOT 2532

Large Amethyst Crystal Display Slab

12 1/4 in. (5.9 kg, 31 cm).

A cut section of a geode with prismatic deep purple amethyst crystals. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2532

Large Amethyst Crystal Display Slab

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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