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LOT 2675
Large Kyanite Mineral Specimen
7 1/2 in. (1.35 kg, 19 cm).
A large mass of vivid blue kyanite crystal, an old dealer's label to one side. [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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