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LOT 1756
Natural History - British Polished Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 165-200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (119 grams, 86 mm).
Asteroceras sp. cut and polished to expose the dividing gas chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Scunthorpe, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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