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LOT 2315
Natural History - Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (161 grams, 87 mm).
Displaying much of the natural shell with iridescence. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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