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LOT 2362
Natural History - Fossil Wood Slice
MIOCENE PERIOD, 20 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (514 grams, 17 cm).
With one polished end to reveal the inner detail of the tropical hardwood, displaying some natural bark. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Genteng Formation, Indonesia.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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