Product Information
- You will receive exactly this Orthoceras Standing Tower - 231mm x 96mm x 60mm / 9 1/8 x 3 13/16 x 2 3/8 Inches; 1690g / 59.6 oz / 3.7 lb (see photo, stand not included)! In additional, you will get one of the Aragonite Cabochon similar to the one in the listing, the size and the color of the cabochon may slightly vary as well due to the fact that all minerals are different. Approximately Size: 10-30mm / 7/16-1 3/16 Inches; Approximately Weight: 15-40gr / 0.5-1.4oz.
- Orthoceras was an ancient mollusk that lived more than 400 million years ago. The name means straight horn, referring to the characteristic long, straight, conical shell. The preserved shell is all that remains of this ancestor of our modern-day squid.
- A famous and very large fossil deposit of prehistoric straight cephalopods known as ORTHOCERAS, can be found in Morocco, North Africa. Hundreds of millions of years ago, this region was covered by ocean and as they died, their shells accumulated in great numbers on the sea floor where they were aligned by currents, buried by sediments, and transformed over the ages into stone. Today, this prehistoric sea floor is now part of the dry, desolate Atlas Mountain Range in southern Morocco.
- Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Mollusca; Class: Cephalopoda; Order: Orthocerida; Family: Orthoceratidae; Genus: Orthoceras;
- (The above information is provided solely for informational purpose. Kindly note that all stones are offered for decorative purposes only. Please, handle your stones with great care, do not grind or crumble them, do not dip or add them into your food or drink, do not use any parts of them in any elixirs, potions, lotions etc. Always make sure you wash your hands before and after working with your crystals.)
