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LOT 1740

Natural History - Polished Fossil Nautilus

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 in. (208 grams, 75 mm).

A polished fossil Cymatoceras sakalavus nautilus. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the jungles of Mahajanga on the North West coast of Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.

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LOT 1740

Natural History - Polished Fossil Nautilus

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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