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LOT 2386
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Book Ends
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 370 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (1.9 kg total, 12.1 cm high).
Comprising a pair of polished fossiliferous matrices set with a raised Orthoceras sp. ammonite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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