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LOT 2526
Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (2.13 kg total, 11.8 cm each).
Comprising two rounded bookends carved from fossiliferous stone, each with a large Goniatite sp. specimen set to the centre. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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