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LOT 2538
Polished Fossil Goniatite Ammonite Pair
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (201 grams total, 73 mm each).
Comprising two Goniatite sp. specimens, each polished to show internal structure. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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