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LOT 2168
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Fish-Shaped Tray
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (228 grams, 15.5 cm).
The fossiliferous matrix polished to a fish shape with concave body and a large raised Goniatite sp. eye. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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