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LOT 2146
Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras on Matrix Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 - 4 1/4 in. (686 grams total, 9.9-10.7 cm).
Comprising three examples on irregular stone matrices. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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