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LOT 2542
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (245 grams total, 10.2 cm each).
Revealing the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence to outer surfaces. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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