About Us

Hello and greetings from Joshua Tree Imports. Our brick and mortar store is located in beautiful downtown Lakeville, Indiana. Along with the Earth & Space Museum, it's owned and operated by Terry Boswell, world traveler, collector, raconteur and importer of exotic and interesting collectibles, objects de arte, artifacts, fossils, minerals, and other items too numerous to mention. Terry has made many collecting trips to the Sahara Desert, Morocco, Europe and other faraway and exotic locales. Be sure to check back with us and see what kinds of neat stuff we have listed.

About This Auction

This auction is for a pair of book ends carved from multi-colored Orthoceras/Ammonite fossil laden stone. Striking colors of dark gray, reddish purple and some splashes of golden yellow with white/clear quartz/quartzite fossils. They stand 6 inches tall, are 4 inches wide and 2 iches thick. Hand crafted by skilled local artisans in Morocco. Made from colorful stone mined from the world famous Atlas Mountain fossil deposits located in Southern Morocco at the northern edge of the mighty Sahara Desert. One bookend sports a 3 dimensional Ammonite shell, the other a 3-D Orthoceras shell. All sides are polished to a high sheen except the back and bottoms. Orthoceras was a type of marine cephalopod that is related to modern day nautiloids. Their fossil forms look like rockets! Ammonites are an extinct cephalopods that lived as predatory marine mollusks. They were related to modern squids and octopi. Interesting paleontological bookends.

Details

Shipping is $10. Insurance is optional. You are bidding on the actual item shown in the pictures. I combine shipping for winners of multiple auctions. If you have any questions, please email me and thanks for looking!