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LOT 2807

Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends

DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.

4 3/4 in. (2.17 kg total, 12 cm each).

A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Goniatite sp. fossils set to the frontal face. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2807

Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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