Quartz, incorrectly thought to be a bezoar

Made:
France
Quartz, incorrectly thought to be a bezoar, beige

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Quartz, incorrectly thought to be a bezoar, beige
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Quartz, incorrectly thought to be a bezoar, beige, drilled with a hole

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642536
Materials:
quartz
Measurements:
length 29 mm
width 23 mm
depth 16 mm
g: weight 17.5
type:
bezoar

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