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LOT 2462
Large Quartz Crystal Geode Cave
8 1/4 in. (4.7 kg, 21 cm).
An end section of a geode with the inner cavity lined with 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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