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LOT 2815

Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Box

DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.

5 in. (696 grams, 12.8 cm).

A rectangular box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION
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LOT 2815

Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Box

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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