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LOT 2504
Natural History - Sahara Desert Stony Iron Meteorite
2 3/4 in. (80 grams, 71 mm).
Irregular mass with a natural fracture line. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Sahara Desert Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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