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LOT 2215
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Book End Pair
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (1.95 kg total, 12.2 cm high).
Each polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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