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LOT 2029
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Plaque
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 3/8 in. (1.07 kg, 21.3 cm).
On a matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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