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LOT 2230
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 in. (115 grams total, 52 mm each).
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised trilobite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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