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LOT 2865
Fly in Polished Baltic Amber
PLIOCENE EPOCH, 5.33-2.58 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 in. (2.3 grams, 37 mm).
Section of amber containing a small fly. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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