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LOT 2505
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 in. (9.4 grams, 33 mm).
An agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Book Ends
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Natural History - British Asterocerus Fossil Ammonite and Bivalve Display
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Ordovician Period, circa 485.4-443.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three irregular matrices, each containing a Petraster sp. specimen. 539 grams total, 8.5-11.9 cm
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