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LOT 2640

Framed Cut and Polished Stromatolite 'Beetroot Stone' Specimen

JURASSIC PERIOD, BATHOIAN, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.

13 x 9 1/2 in. (936 grams total, 33 x 24.2 cm including frame).

Displaying attractive pink and cream layering; set in a box frame with information label. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Chedworth, Gloucestershire, 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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LOT 2640

Framed Cut and Polished Stromatolite 'Beetroot Stone' Specimen

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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