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LOT 1929
Natural History - Obsidian Mineral Specimen
2 3/4 in. (156 grams, 71 mm).
An amorphous black obsidian mineral specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Armenia.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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