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LOT 2250
Natural History - Iridescent Fossil Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 113-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (242 grams, 10 cm).
Cleoniceras besairiei with large portions of the shell with rainbow iridescence. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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