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LOT 2250
Natural History - Polished Fossil Wood Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250-200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 7/8 in. (329 grams, 15 cm).
A cut and polished section of fossilised tree with some fine detail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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