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LOT 2351
Natural History - Fossil Canadian Fern
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 305 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (108 grams, 95 mm).
Comprising fossil fern specimens on an irregular matrix together with some leaf fossils. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Canada.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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