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LOT 2748
Pink Icelandic Spar Mineral Specimen Group
3/4 - 1 in. (160 grams total, 16-23 mm).
A group of fourteen pink Icelandic spar mineral specimens; each held in a white card collector's tray. [14, No Reserve]
Provenance
Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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