{"product_id":"small-orthoceras-bookends","title":"Orthoceras Fossil Bookends | Moroccan Stone Wedge Pair | 10cm","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAncient Nautiloids, Preserved in Stone\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrthoceras were straight-shelled nautiloid cephalopods that inhabited the world's oceans during the Ordovician and Silurian periods — some of the earliest complex predators in Earth's history, living over 400 million years ago. Unlike the coiled ammonites and goniatites, Orthoceras had long, tapering, conical shells that give these bookends their bold, graphic quality: dark elongated forms cutting through pale Moroccan limestone in a pattern that is as striking as it is ancient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFunctional Form, Fossil Character\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese wedge-form bookends pair a clean, practical silhouette with genuine fossil detail — equally at home on a working bookshelf or displayed as a natural history object in their own right. Because every piece is cut from natural stone, no two pairs share the same fossil density, arrangement, or surface colouration. What arrives is entirely its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecimen Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orthoceras fossil bookends (wedge form)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Morocco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10cm (H) × 6cm (W) per half\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSold as:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eNatural stone — fossil density, colour, and pattern will vary between pairs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFossil and natural history collectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHome libraries, studies, and office shelving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterior designers seeking functional natural history pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGifts for geology, palaeontology, and fossil enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BugsDirect","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46840534302909,"sku":"FS67","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1228\/7064\/files\/FS67-2-1.jpg?v=1780423093","url":"https:\/\/www.bugsdirect.com\/products\/small-orthoceras-bookends","provider":"BugsDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}