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LOT 100

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6

NATURAL HISTORY - LARGE POLISHED FOSSIL AMMONITE
BACOCIAN STAGE, JURASSIC PERIOD, 168-172 MILLION YEARS BP
5" (638 grams, 13cm).

A large polished oolite Sloenbachia sp. Ammonite with section of shell showing internal chambers and crystal structure. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From Arbala, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco; from the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill; collected between 1930 and 1960.

CONDITION
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