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LOT 2702
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (108 grams, 10.4 cm).
Cut half Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers, some iridescence to the outer shell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
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.
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