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LOT 2509
Natural History - Fly in Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 in. (1.6 grams, 26 mm).
Polished to highlight the Diptera sp. fly inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.
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