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LOT 2443
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (1.11 grams, 22 mm).
Polished, transparent specimen with an insect inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Primorskoje Mine, Kaliningrad, Russia.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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