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June Newsletter
More from the Tucson Show:
Fresh from Morocco - We were worried that the Tucson Show would be devoid of Moroccan people and materials (a staple at fossil shows forever), but we were pleased to find quite a few familiar Moroccan faces. Most of the products were left from past years, having been in storage for a year or more...so we were able to pick up some fine old new things from the Atlas Mountains, where there used to be seawater...
Oosiks for Everyone - New fossils (our favorite oxymoron) from Alaska...hand selected oosiks come with handsome wooden bases, and slices of walrus bacula, it turns out, make intriguing earrings. Real conversation starters, as they say on EBay.
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New Stromatolites - Extremely ancient (at least a billion years old) cyanobacterial colonies, sliced and polished. From the Jakut-Saha Republic of Russia.
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Modern Bronze - nice bronze pendants from Nepal, ready to incorporate into your handmade jewelry - the sea star in particular is satisfyingly heavy.
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Ancient Bronze (and Silver and Gold) - research online has made us a little paranoid about the authenticity of some of the items we picked up - apparently folks in Bulgaria and elsewhere are busy manufacturing plausible-looking 'antiquities'. So we are listing only pieces we are sure are truly archaeological. We'll deal with the rest...later.
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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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