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LOT 2519
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Trinket Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (587 grams, 90 x 91 mm).
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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