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LOT 2681
Fly in Baltic Amber
PLIOCENE EPOCH, 5.33-2.58 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5/8 in. (0.28 grams, 14 mm).
A roughly triangular piece with a fly inclusion. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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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