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LOT 2409
Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 in. (3.4 grams, 50 mm).
Polished, transparent specimen with two insect inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Primorskoje Mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad, Russia.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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