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LOT 2536
Polished Fossil Goniatite Dish
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (127 grams, 10.6 cm).
An ammonite-shaped dish carved from fossiliferous stone, set with a Goniatite sp. ammonite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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