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LOT 2703
Large Pale Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Cave
7 3/4 in. (2.6 kg, 19.5 cm).
A geode section displaying light purple amethyst and grey to colourless quartz 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.
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