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LOT 2410
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/8 in. (65 grams total, 29-31 mm).
Comprising three polished, dome-shaped buttons, each with a central Goniatite sp. specimen; supplied with a display stand. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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