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A few bits and pieces before The Bone Room goes SHOPPING (!)...
We got in a shipment of damaged ram skulls (and boy, were we thrilled!). They were called 'Jacob Rams' - you might remember that these are four- or more-horned sheep, originally from Britain. Jacob Rams are now apparently bred with and/or confused with Churro Rams, which were raised by Navajos (originally called 'Churra', and hailing from Spain). Confusing. So though we listed the skulls as Jacob's Rams, who knows what breed or mixed breed they really are. They are polycerate (many horned), anyway, and well-priced, so have at them.
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Ron used to say that collecting trilobites was something middle-aged men did. Not sure that's still true (or if it was ever true), but we've found a couple of drawers of trilobites that we sorted out and listed. So if you know any trilobite collectors, middle-aged or not, here you go...
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We found some more boxes of books, and have added them to Ron's Library. Lots of science books, and a sprinkling of Ron's many other interests (calligraphy? Why not?)
We also found a box of large - hand-sized - orthoceras fossils, good as paperweights or just fine items for a curiosity cabinet. Polished fossil-bearing marble from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and only four hundred million years old.
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No doubt these pieces of human temporal bones were prepared as educational aids for the study of the auditory system, but the thought of a spiral structure inside the human skull is likely to make these pieces appealing to artistic and philosophical types (and Druids) as well as medical students. We haven't seen anything like this offered anywhere before.
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Gift Certificates
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Sometimes you know your giftee would love something from The Bone Room - but what? Maybe you aren't sure whether or not they already have a beaver skull; maybe you don't know whether they'd prefer a framed butterfly or beetle; maybe you just want to introduce them to the Bone Room shopping experience. The quandary is solved with the Bone Room Gift Card. Our new online Gift Cards can be delivered to the recipient by email, or they can be printed so you can deliver the good news personally. The Gift Card includes directions to The Bone Room website and instructions for redeeming the value of the card. Our Gift Cards have no additional processing fees, no sales tax, and no expiration date. They are available in increments of $10, $25, $50, 100, $250 and larger. Give them a Bone Room Gift Card is like giving them the whole store!
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COVID Boredom Abatement
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Since many of you have children who are home for the duration, there may be an increased need for home-schooling or boredom-avoiding materials; we might be able to help a little with that.
The Bone Room Amber Room is an online store, dedicated mainly to inclusions in amber. Note that though the site is already extensive, it's only the beginning, as we have only just started to catalog the collection of amber (and copal, and burmite, and amber jewelry) we have to offer. We hope you will return from time to time to keep an eye on additions and developments.
We have designed the website so that the customer can search by insect order or by type of amber. Please note that most pieces are illustrated by several photos; click on a specimen to see more details about that piece.
We have designed the website so that the customer can search by insect order or by type of amber. Please note that most pieces are illustrated by several photos; click on a specimen to see more details about that piece.
Ron Cauble, founder of The Bone Room, was obsessed with inclusions in amber. At Fossil and Mineral Shows he would typically be found seated at an amber dealer's booth, a great pile of amber pieces before him, peering through a loupe at the world inside each piece.
Over the years, some of the pieces were sold to collectors and scientists (most notably, to George Poinar, recognized amber expert and author) - but Ron was always a better collector than salesman, and his collection grew to museum backroom proportions.
Finally we are getting a good start on cataloging and photographing his enormous collection of amber and copal, and offering this work of love and obsession to the public. We think Ron would approve.
BONE ROOM AMBER ROOM
Over the years, some of the pieces were sold to collectors and scientists (most notably, to George Poinar, recognized amber expert and author) - but Ron was always a better collector than salesman, and his collection grew to museum backroom proportions.
Finally we are getting a good start on cataloging and photographing his enormous collection of amber and copal, and offering this work of love and obsession to the public. We think Ron would approve.
BONE ROOM AMBER ROOM
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