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LOT 2365
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 3/4 - 3 in. (963 grams total, 44-77 mm).
Comprising: a dodecahedral almandine garnet crystal from Cap Andrahomana, Ranopiso, Tulear Province, Madagascar; cerussite/baryte from Mibladen, Morocco; vibrant red-orange crocoite crystals from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia; gypsum with selenite from Australia; celestine from Yate, near Bristol, Co Avon; uvite with dravite from Bushfarm, St Lawrence County, New York, USA; chalcopyrite from Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall; galena from Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA; atacamite from Australia; vanadinite from Miblaben, Morocco. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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