Beetle in Polished Amber

PLIOCENE EPOCH, 5.33-2.58 MILLION YEARS B.P.

1 3/8 in. (4.88 grams, 35 mm).

Polished to a slanting pyramidal shape, containing a beetle with two small bubbles at its rear end. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Colombia, 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2777