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LOT 2429
Natural History - Cut Fossil Ammonite Halves
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (256 grams total, 10-10.3 cm).
Polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence; chip to edge of one half. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Fine condition.
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