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LOT 2517
Natural History - Agatized Fossil Tree Trunk Cut Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (753 grams, 20 cm).
Polished on one side to show the dark brown banding with a central 'lava-like' dark red banding radiating from a small quartz filed cavity. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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