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LOT 1692
Natural History - Fossil Hexagonaria Coral
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 350 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (196 grams, 85 mm).
A section of fossilised Hexagonaria coral. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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