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LOT 2304
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 1/2 in. (287 grams total, 66-90 mm).
A pair of naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonites. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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