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LOT 1999
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Book Ends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (2.08 kg total, 12 cm each).
Polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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