Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 113-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.

5 1/8 in. (559 grams total, 13-13.1 cm).

Comprising a large Cleoniceras sp. ammonite cut into halves and polished to highlight the internal gas chambers, some iridescence to the outer surfaces. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 2314