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LOT 2242
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (563 grams, 14.2 cm).
Comprising polished, dome-shaped mass, with a central Goniatite sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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