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LOT 2334
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (2.8 grams, 22 mm).
A polished piece of amber containing insect and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Baltic region.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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