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LOT 2788
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Coaster Set
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (1.34 kg total, 11.6 cm wide).
Comprising six circular coasters and a stand carved from fossiliferous stone containing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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