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LOT 2444
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 1/2 - 3 7/8 in. (1.04 kg total, 38-98 mm).
Comprising: sphalerite from Brownley Hills Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria; calcite on fluorite from Fall Hill Quarry, Derbyshire; chkalovite, analcime and sodalite from Tassaq West, Illimaussaq, Greenland; chalcedony from Lyme Regis Beach, Lyme Regis, Dorset; chrysocolla and malachite from Lumbumbashi, Zaire; botryoidal malachite from Lumbumbashi, Zaire; anatase on ankerite from Hendreqy, Glyn Ceiriog, Wales; calcite from Taff's Wells Quarry, Nr Cardiff, Wales; galena from Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall; orthoclase from Melbur China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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