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LOT 0384
Natural History - Large British Asteroceras Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 202-201 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 5/8 in. (3.5 kg, 22 cm wide).
An Asteroceras sp. polished fossil ammonite displayed in a free-standing matrix; from the Frodingham Ironstone Member.
Provenance
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
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LOT 0384
Natural History - Large British Asteroceras Fossil Ammonite
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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