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LOT 2310
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/2 in. (1.85 kg, 24 cm high).
Comprising polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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