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LOT 2815
Polished Fossil Coral Head
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (283 grams, 81 mm).
An irregular specimen showing the internal structure. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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