Large Opal Mineral Specimen

2 in. (66 grams, 52mm).

A substantial piece of opal in matrix with colour diffracting mostly in blue and green. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a Surrey lady; previously in the private collection of Patrick Phillips, Weybridge, Surrey, UK; the collection formed since the early 1970s; thence by descent 2019.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2709