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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]
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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