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LOT 2545
Cut and Polished Fossil Seed in Nodule
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (370 grams total, 94 mm each).
The seed cut in half through the middle, exposing the internal structure. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom London Clay, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.
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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