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LOT 2044
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (220 grams, 95 mm each).
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers, some iridescence to outer surfaces. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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