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LOT 2851
British Woolly Mammoth Fossil Tusk Section
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000 YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (112 grams, 10.8 cm).
Mammuthus primigenius tusk section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the North Sea, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Polished Tourmaline Specimens
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A Collection of Fossils
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From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.