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LOT 2169
Natural History - Fossil Saxony Fern
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 345-280 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (376 grams, 10 cm).
Showing good structure, on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Saxony, Germany.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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