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LOT 1757
Natural History - Large Fossil Tree Trunk Section
7 in. (2.51 kg total, 18 cm).
A free-standing fossilised tree trunk section. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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