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LOT 2462
Natural History - Mixed Historic Fossil Collection
PERMIAN-PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 298-2.4 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 4 5/8 in. (1.62 kg total, 7.6-11.9 cm).
Comprising fossilised wood, leaf fossils, a gastropod mollusc, sea urchin, nautilus shell, a bivalve, gastropods on a matrix, and a replica beetle on a matrix; all fossils with old labels. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Each specimen accompanied by an original historic information card.
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