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LOT 2370
Natural History - Fossil Fern Nodules
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 310 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 1/8 in. (96 grams total, 65-81 mm).
Comprising a pair of nodule halves, each containing a fern specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mazon Creek, Pennsylvania, Illinois, USA.
Ex Bristol, UK, collection.
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