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