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LOT 2373
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 3/8 - 3 7/8 in. (923 grams total, 36-98 mm).
Comprising: azurite from Milpillas, Cananea District, Sonora, Mexico; amethyst from Namibia; chalcedony from USA; barytes and cerussite from Brandy Bottle Mine, Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire; baryte from Barrass End Mine, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire; stibnite from Huaan, China; cavansite from Poona, India; hemimorphite from Millclose Mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire; quartz with minor sulphides from Huanon, Peru; descloizite from Berg Aukas, South West Africa. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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