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LOT 2344

Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix

DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 in. (128 grams, 74 mm).

Comprising two aquatic arthropod showing good detail in the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION
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LOT 2344

Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix

Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)

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£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*

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