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LOT 2743
Very Large Petrified Wood Fossil Specimen
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
15 in. (3.9 kg, 38cm).
A large natural section of fossilised wood from the Jurassic coast, UK. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Bath paleontological collection, acquired 1930s-1940s.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
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