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LOT 2510

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

NATURAL HISTORY - FOSSIL PINE CONE
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (15.5 grams, 44 mm).

A rare unidentified agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.

CONDITION
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