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LOT 2831
Quartz with Pyrite 'Fairystone' Mineral Display Specimen
3 1/8 in. (145 grams, 80 mm).
Displaying a large quantity of small clear prismatic quartz crystals and some striated pyrite crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South America.
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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LOT 2831
Quartz with Pyrite 'Fairystone' Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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