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LOT 2383
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (470 grams, 13 cm).
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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