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LOT 2194

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

NATURAL HISTORY - HISTORIC CRYSTAL FORMATION
2 1/2 in. (68 grams, 65 mm).

Small grey calcite crystals with yellow; possibly cadmian smithsonite pseudomorph after dolomite from the Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, USA. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Collected in person in 1966.
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.

CONDITION
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