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LOT 2245
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/8 in. (1.66 kg, 23.2 cm high).
Comprising five polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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