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LOT 1971
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (818 grams total, 11.5 cm each).
Comprising two polished, dome-shaped masses, each with a central Goniatite sp. specimen and other fossils. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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