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LOT 2353
Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (794 grams, 15.5 cm).
A display set with a polished Goniatite sp. and an Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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