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LOT 2343
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Book Ends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (2.17 kg total, 12.2 cm high each).
Cut from a fossiliferous stone, each set with a central Goniatite sp. specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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