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LOT 2205
Natural History - Polished Fossilised Wood Slice
LATE TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 225 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/8 in. (344 grams, 13.5 cm).
With two cut and polished faces. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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