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LOT 2641
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (3.46 kg total, 16 cm each).
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Orthoceras sp. fossils set to the frontal face. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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