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LOT 2236
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras on Rock
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (831 grams, 17 cm).
Showing two central polished Orthoceras specimens showing internal chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
