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LOT 2416
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (865 grams total, 11.7 cm each).
Ceratites sp., polished through parts of the shell to reveal some of the calcite preserved inside showing the dividing gas chambers known as sutures. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Timor, Indonesia.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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