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LOT 2528
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (229 grams, 12.2 cm).
A shallow bowl formed from fossiliferous stone containing Orthoceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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