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LOT 2559

Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Column

DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.

8 5/8 in. (1.63 kg, 22 cm).

A freestanding display of bullet-shaped Orthoceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

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LOT 2559

Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Column

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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