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LOT 2880
Opal Lustre Fossil Ammonite Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, ALBIAN STAGE, 113-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 5 in. (536 grams total, 6.5-12.5cm).
Group of two Cleoniceras sp. ammonites with opal lustre, one repaired. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill; formed between 1930 and 1960.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
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