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LOT 1938
Natural History - Historic Canadian Silver Ore Specimen
2 1/2 in. (153 grams, 59 mm).
Displaying characteristic pinkish 'cobalt bloom'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Ontario, Canada.
Collected in person in 1963.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
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