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LOT 2361
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice Group
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 230 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 - 5 in. (545 grams total, 8-12.6 cm).
Comprising three polished specimens. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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