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LOT 2859

Composite Trilobite Cluster Bowl

DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.

9 3/8 in. (1.77 grams, 23.8 cm).

A montage of six different trilobite fossils set in a bowl-shaped matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION
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LOT 2859

Composite Trilobite Cluster Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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