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LOT 2321
Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (626 grams, 18 cm).
A large Goniatite specimen set on a textured matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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