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LOT 2624
Isle of Wight Fossil Coral Specimen with Brachiopod and Worm Tubes
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (250 grams, 79 mm).
Rounded mass of Holocystis elegans on a matrix with a brachiopod and wormholes, free-standing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lower Greensand, Atherfield, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2624
Isle of Wight Fossil Coral Specimen with Brachiopod and Worm Tubes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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