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LOT 2394
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P
1 3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (80 grams total, 44-49 mm).
Comprising five polished Orthoceras sp. specimens. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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