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LOT 2778
Natural History - Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (149 grams total, 86 mm each).
Cut Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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