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LOT 2543
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookend Pair
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (2.15 kg total, 12 cm high each).
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing sections of goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Goniatite sp. fossils set to the frontal face. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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