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LOT 2632
Insects in Polished Copal Amber
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, OVER 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (9.52 grams, 93 mm).
Polished section containing a large beetle, various flying insects and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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