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LOT 2672
Rutilated Quartz Crystal Egg Mineral Display Specimen
2 in. (116 grams, 52 mm).
Transparent quartz polished to an egg-shape with black rutile needles, and displaying an incipient cleavage with iridescence. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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