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LOT 2527
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 1/4 in. (903 grams, 21 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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