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LOT 2611
Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (3.47 kg total, 16 cm each).
Comprising two quadrilateral bookend carved from fossiliferous stone, each set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen on a textured background. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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