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LOT 2612
Natural History - Historic Fossil Collection
DEVONIAN-EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 419-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (632 grams total, 10-65 mm).
Comprising: two echinoidea, matrix with crinoids, a petrified whale bone, ammonite, a large ammonite fragment, two brachiopods, five ammonite fragments, and a seashell; most with old handwritten labels. [14, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
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