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LOT 2548
Polished Fossilised Tree Trunk Section
LATE TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 225 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (710 grams, 96 mm).
A freestanding section of petrified wood showing attractive banding, some bark detail to the outer edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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