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LOT 2515
Iridescent Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (391 grams, 11.6 cm).
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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