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LOT 2693
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Coaster Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (152 grams total, 80 mm each).
Comprising two circular composite plates of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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