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LOT 2222
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/2 in. (0.26 grams, 13 mm).
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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