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LOT 2546
Natural History - Stony Iron Meteorite
2 1/4 in. (118 grams, 57 mm).
With typically rough surfaces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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