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LOT 2835
Natural History - Fossil Ginko Leaf
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, 359-299 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (102 grams, 75 mm).
On an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Sentinel Butte Formation, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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