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LOT 2505
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/2 in. (1.48 kg, 24.2 cm).
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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