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LOT 2461
Natural History - Insect in Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE AGE, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 in. (2.4 grams, 26 mm).
Polished to an oval shape, containing an insect. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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