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LOT 2323
Natural History - Large Desert Rose Mineral Display
8 5/8 in. (3.1 kg, 22 cm wide).
A very large selenite gypsum 'desert rose' composed of blades of selenite with gypsum sand inclusions. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Humberside, UK, collection.
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