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LOT 2360
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Jewellery Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 x 2 7/8 in. (646 grams, 12.6 x 7.3 cm).
A rectangular lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Goniatite sp. and other fossil specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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