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LOT 2642
Polished Mineral Specimen Egg Collection
2 3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (878 grams total, 60-65 mm).
Comprising egg-shaped specimens of fossilised coral, orange alabaster and one in white material with a hole to the base, and an agate sphere. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Burwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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