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LOT 2485
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 3/4 in. (1.56 grams, 19.8 cm).
The four polished 'bullets' showing variously sized Orthoceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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