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LOT 2626
Quartz and Pyrite Mineral Specimen
3 in. (175 grams, 74 mm).
An irregular specimen with white quartz and bright pyrite. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Cornwall, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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