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LOT 2273
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras on Rock
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (1.2 kg, 15.7 cm).
Comprising a bullet-shaped Orthoceras sp. specimen showing internal chambers, and two further polished shapes showing partials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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