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LOT 2361
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection
3/4 - 3 3/4 in. (2.9 kg total, 18-95 mm).
Comprising: yellow sulphur; a cut malachite specimen; smoky quartz point; vanadinite in a specimen box; agate slice; several cut geodes, and others. [18, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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