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LOT 2255
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket'
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
40 1/4 in. (30.4 kg, 102 cm).
The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers; the extremely long body set on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2255
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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