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LOT 2809

Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group

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

5 1/2 in. (858 grams total, 13.9 cm).

Comprising two polished, dome-shaped masses, each with a central Goniatite sp. specimen. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2809

Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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