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LOT 2381
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Jewellery Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (787 grams, 11 cm diameter).
A round lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2381
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Jewellery Box
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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