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LOT 2298
Natural History - Iridescent Fossil Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 113-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (83 grams, 68 mm).
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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