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LOT 2507
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (2.57 grams total, 9-19 mm).
Comprising seven specimens containing insects together with other inclusions. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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