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LOT 2452
Natural History - Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (289 grams, 11.7 cm).
Partially polished to reveal some of the calcite preserved inside the dividing gas chambers of Cleoniceras sp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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