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LOT 2379
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1/2 - 4 1/8 in. (1.13 kg total, 1.3-10.6 cm).
Comprising: pseudomalachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo; hematite from Llanharry Mine, Glamorganshire, South Wales; axinite from Peru; baryte from Wapping Mine, Derbyshire; prehnite, stilbite and heulandite from Poona, India; wulfenite from Red Cloyd Mine, USA; analcime from Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire; pyrite from Goat Quarry, Aberdare, Fife, Scotland; gypsum rose from Tunisia; epidote from Iceland. [11, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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