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LOT 2680
Unpolished Large Fossil Tree Branch Section Group [20]
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 - 3 in. (1.26 kg total, 40-75 mm).
Comprising twenty cut sections of petrified tree branches. [20, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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