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LOT 2539
Tschermigite Mineral Specimen
1 7/8 in. (34.8 grams, 47 mm).
Comprising deep purple pyramidal crystals on a matrix; laboratory grown. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from the Bakewell Show, UK, 7 October 2000.
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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