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LOT 2500
Polished Fossil Goniatite Trinket Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (578 grams, 90 mm).
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, West Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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