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LOT 1727
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Slice
7 in. (278 grams, 18 cm high).
A cut and polished banded agate slice, displayed on a crescentic wooden base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Uruguay.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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