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LOT 2335
Natural History - Stony Iron Meteorite
2 1/8 in. (86 grams, 53 mm).
Comprising a large irregular mass. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, Sahara Desert.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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