fossils

Dinosaur Nest Sets Auction Record

Filed under: Auctions

For some buyers, "antique" just isn't old enough. A Bonhams and Butterfields auction set a new record for a 65 million-year-old dinosaur nest that was sold yesterday. The raptoid nest was in excellent condition and contained 22 unhatched eggs - most of which were incredibly well preserved. The final price was nearly $420,000. As usual, the buyer will remain anonymous, but there must be more than a few museum curators hoping to get it donated to their collections.

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Maison Sijilmassa Fossil Marble

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

We've covered fossil countertops from Wyoming before and let's check out Maison Sijilmassa, a New York-based company that sells stones from sourced from 450 million year-old prehistoric Sahara sea fossil stone found in Morocco.Their latest collection includes floor tiles and slabs as well as sinks and tables. The fossils are available in five general tones ranging from black to bordeaux red. The fossils are quarried from ancient seabeds of the prehistoric Paleo-Tethys and Tethys seas that are now part of the Sahara desert. The stone features a wide variety of fossilized orthoceras (rocket-shaped remains) and ammonites (spiral shapes). Their website has more pictures of the new designs available for Spring 2006.

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Tags: countertops, decor, fossils, home improvement, marble, stone