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LOT 2365
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Specimen
4 1/4 in. (774 grams, 11 cm high).
Comprising well-formed deep purple crystals with a cluster of white quartz crystals; on a facetted freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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