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LOT 2478
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (210 grams total, 83 mm each).
The specimen cut through the middle to reveal the dividing gas chambers with crystal formations; some minor iridescence to outer surfaces. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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