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LOT 2630
Quartz Crystal and Amethyst Crystal Specimen Group
3 - 4 7/8 in. (743 grams total, 7.8-12.3 cm).
Comprising: a geode section with amethyst and quartz crystals; cluster of prismatic quartz crystals, some transparent. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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