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LOT 2737
Polished Goniatite and Orthoceras Fossil Dish
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 3/4 in. (776 grams, 22.3 cm wide).
An oval dish carved from fossiliferous stone with an applied Goniatite sp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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