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LOT 2497
Natural History - Iridescent Rainbow Shell Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 113-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (100 grams, 72 mm).
Cleoniceras besairiei with large portions of the shell with rainbow iridescence. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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