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LOT 2377

Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate

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

6 1/4 in. (562 grams, 16 cm).

The polished ammonite set on a textured matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

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LOT 2377

Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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