008g Single Orthoceras Matrix PLATE 400myo Straight FOSSIL 100mm 4\"to 5\" RANDOM For Sale

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008g Single Orthoceras Matrix PLATE 400myo Straight FOSSIL 100mm 4\"to 5\" RANDOM:
$11.99

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You will receive one (1) fossil selected completely at RANDOM. At this price, we cannot do a \'select\', so youwill NOT get the one in the picture. They will be on average 4\" minimum size. Some may be up to 5\".
At this price we cannot pick and chose.We will send you a RANDOM one of these... In fact, after we shot this picture, we wrapped all of them in bubblewrap. So it is a completely random selection about which one you get.However all are equally nice.I can not see through the bubblewrap, so I simply will not be able topick one with \"more red....ect\".

Description: Orthoceras - Straight fossil ammonites from Morocco. About 400 million years old, some of the oldest ammonites. These are cephalopods like modern squid and octopus. They mine these natural fossils in Morocco and have to cut away quite a bit of material to free them from the rock matrix. Then polish them to a high shine.
An incredible fossil at a very affordable price.Weight (lbs): 8+/-ouncesWeight (kg): about 200 gramsSize (inches): on average 4\" to 5\" specimenSize (mm): 100+/- mmMine location: MoroccoItem Number: 008Retail value in stores: $40

\'s shipping calculator does not work correctly. Box Size – USPS PRIORITY FLAT RATE USA Canada* Worldwide* SMALL Flat Rate Box - Priority
8-1/2\" x 5\" x 1.5\"
21cm x 12cm x 3.5cm
(About the size of an old VHS/Betamax tape) $7.15 C$32
($24.95usd) 32euro
($34.95usd) SMALL/MEDIUM Priority Box
7\" x 7\" x 6\"
17cm x 17cm x 15cm
(Domestic & Intl. 2#/1kg limit)
(About the size you could ship a tea cup in) $10.88 C$54
($41.55usd) 53euro
($58usd) MEDIUM Flat Rate Box -Priority
5\" x 8\" x 11\"
12cm x 20cm x 27cm
(International 10#/4.5kg Limit)
(About the size of a child’s shoe box) $13.60 C$60
($45.95usd) 70euro
($75.95usd) LARGE Flat Rate Box - Priority
5\"x 12\" x 12\"
13cm x 30cm x 30cm
(International 20#/9kg limit)
(About the size of 10 dinner plates stacked up)
(50% Larger than a Medium) $18.85 C$78
($59.95usd) 88euro
($95.95usd) NEW POSTAL RATES AS OF 01-17-2017 These are guidelines.
*Canada ($1usd = +/- 1.34cad)
**Worldwide $1usd = +/-1.08 euros ( exchange rates change hourly)Priority International - takes 21-30 days on average.
First class - takes 60-90 days at least, sometimes longer.NEW INTERNATIONAL USPS First Class Rates – First class (not a true or good name) takes 60 to 90 DAYS to get to you, MINIMUM. I do not care what says, They are WRONG. This is a new service from the US post office USPS and a real bad idea. Yes it takes 60 – 90 days!!! No there is nothing I can do to speed that up. IF you want faster delivery, please chose USPS Priority shipping. However if you insist on the lowest price, we reluctantly offer it… IF YOU chose this First Class service, I do not want any emails asking, “where is my package.” Sorry to sound like a grump, but you need the truth to make an informed decision. NEW International First Class Service USPS rates Size CANADA shipping* INTERNATIONAL shipping in EUROS** SMALL Envelope/Box 1 to 7 ounces
28 to 199 grams 12cad
($9.50usd) 13euros
($13.50usd) MEDIUM Box 8 ounces to 2 pounds
200 to 1000grams 20cad
($15.50usd) 21euros
($22.50usd) LARGE Box 2 pounds to 3 pounds
1000 to 1360grams 33cad
($24.50usd) 32euros
($35.40usd) LARGEST Box ALLOWED 3 pounds to 4 pounds
1361 to 1800grams 49cad
($36.50usd) 53euros
($57.25usd) *Anything larger than 4 pounds or 1800 grams total weight, has to ship Priority Mail. Box and packing add at least 50% to item weight. So 2.5# or 1200 gram weight for the specimen.
If you want combined shipping PLEASE email us,
BEFORE PAYING.FLAT Rate International shipping - There are over 200 countries in the world. The USPS has a different rate for each country. So for a $10 item, we would have to do 200 different shipping entries for each item, which is ridiculous. It would take us 2 days just to calculate shipping on one $10 item.
Luckily the USPS has PRIORITY Flat Rate Shipping Boxes. Motto - \"IF it fits, it ships.\" Great for shipping heavy rocks around the world. Sizes and prices are in the chart above. Yes I know that it may seem high sometimes, however we have to assume that it goes to the most expensive country. And more importantly in the Flat Rate Box. You may go to USPS and verify these prices. That is what they charge.... We make no money on shipping, in fact it cost us money sometimes....EXACT International Shipping to your country - We will be more than happy to give you an \"actual\" shipping price for the exact item to your country. Just email us thru . Remember to include MY 4 or 6 digit item number in the title. \"And the country you live in\". does not tell us, where you live. We will be happy to give you the actual shipping. So you may make an \"informed decision\" before buying. We would like to save you some money. We don\'t want you to pay anymore than you have to....It is usually cheaper in the Flat Rate Box, but not always. The USPS charges by size AND weight in regular boxes. So light items and smaller items can save you money sometimes. Why not simply ask?
International shipping Customs – shipping can take21 to30 days MINIMUM with USPS Priority. New First Class International takes 60 – 90 days. Your country\'s customs can keep and inspect packages as long as they darn well like. And they do sometimes. We CANNOT do anythingabout that. Canadian customers - we no longer ship United Parcel Service - UPS. Yes initially UPSis slightly cheaper, however we have had terrible problems with UPS making customers get a customs broker. This has cost the customer over $100 extra. On two other occasions they have sent backpackages, because the address wasstreet instead of drive (the customer inputs the address, not us). So we no longer will ship UPS. For some reason the US postal service does not do all this.Combined shipping - You can save quite a bit by buying several items and shipping them together (in a flat rate box). So send us a list. We will give you our best price AND the actual shipping. MULTIPLE ITEMS – We can save you a lot of money on shipping by starting you a box. requires that we ship within 24 hours after you pay. However we can start you a flat rate box, as long as you don’t pay. does not get the idea that you want to save money on shipping. So what we do is send you a ‘special invoice’ with your first item. I charge you the full shipping amount and mark it “local pickup”, just to get off our backs. I know you will not be crossing the ocean to pick it up. This will bypass ’s stupid rules. With over 16,000 transactions and over 5,000 positive response, I am not a jerk. Just trying to save you money on shipping multiple items in one box.Tracking- go to USPS d o t c o m. Insert the tracking number in the top left of the website. This will show you every stop your box makes. Some English speaking countries continue the tracking in your country, some do not. That is up to your country, NOT the USPS or myself. You MAY be able to use ‘the tracking number’ to track it in your countries postal website. However many countries, do not offer this service.Your address - Please, Please make sure that your address is correct in paypal and in . They are two separate companies now. We have no idea of where you live. Nor of your address. We now have 8 returned international shipments for wrong addresses: France (though he put Belgium in the address. He should know what country he lives in.), 2 for Spain, Italy, UK, another France, Singapore and Dubai. These all were returned by the home country post office, not USPS. Some come back in 45 days. One took 2 years, not kidding. So we cannot refund any money until we get the item back. We do not have any control over your local post office and your customs. Your customs office can hold your package as long as they darn well please. In addition, if we send it back out, you will have to pay the postage again....
So PLEASE make sure your address is Correct. Room in the box - For simplicity sake we have gone to 4 box sizes. You need to add a minimum 1\" (2.5cm) to EACH side ofALL minerals for bubblewrap. 1\"inch bubblewrap top, 1\" bubblewrap bottom, and 1\" on each side. So a 2\"x2\"x2\" mineral becomes 4\"x4\"x4\" with bubblewrap.
Insurance - Above prices include Insurance with the shipping price. And may be added to the above standard shipping price depending upon how fragile and/or expensive items.
Parcel post - US customers, we no longer ship parcel post. It saves a few pennies sometimes, however it now takes 8 to 10 days to get your shipment- Which is too long for most customers to wait.
Combined shipping - If you want combined shipping PLEASEemail us. WE have no way of knowing when you are finished offerding. sends automatic invoices. will charge the maximum shipping PER item, if I do not override the invoice. So offer all you like, but let us know \"You want combined shipping.\" And we will send you a combined invoice, the next day to pay.
If you want combined shipping PLEASE email usNEW Photograph information- In an effort to have more accurate photos, we started photographing in a indoor \"photo studio cube\" with a white background, as of June.
Advantages -
-Better detail of crystals.
-More consistent photos.
-Weather - It is sometimes 5 degrees (-17 Celsius) in Texas. Sometimes 110 degree (43 Celsius). Both make it unpleasant to photograph outside under natural daylight.
-No clouds distorting picture color...
-Hard to photograph in the rain too.
Disadvantages -
-Never wear a pink shirt. My daughter found out the hard way, camera picks up the reflection of your clothing, sometimes on one half of the ammonite. Sometimes the other. Depending where you stand...
-Tends to show translucence more than the actual ammonite. (you can back light it if you like the effect.) This occurs on thin yellow areas sometimes.
-Browns look a little more red. Depending on how we edit. We do try to catch this and fix the color properly.
We are working on this, and it is a work in progress.Keep in mind different monitors display colors differently. We edit with item \"in our hand\", so we can get as close to the correct color as possible. However whenwe move the very same laptop from living room to office, sometimes the colors look slightly different, even on the same computer. Your color monitor WILL VARY. IF you don\'t like the item just send it back. No problem. We have a “14 day unconditional return policy\". We have three computers and the colors on all three look a little different. We shot for the middle ground.”If you don\'t believe me, go take a look at a color television display, have you seen the variation in color in the store.....same broadcast.....totally different color in the store. And a $1000 TV has better color rendition than a inexpensive or old $75 computer monitor...Returns - We try to be fair. Case in point - One return -was because it did not match her drapes – not kidding. So in that case, she paid both shipping fees. We don’t guarantee to match drapes.
Rarely we shipped the wrong item (less than 1 per year), which should NEVER ever happen since we are supposed to match the item number AND match the picture before shipping. But say we sent the wrong item, we pay both shipping to and from the customer. IF we miss measured by more than 10%, we pay both shipping fees. Most of the time, and we rarely get returns, we pay one way, the customer the other. IF we made a mistake, we will only pay the original amount of shipping on the listing OR the actual shipping whichever is lower. IF someone wishs to add other fees that would be at their expense. OFFERS – On items over $100, we do accept offers. Just email us here thru . Keep in mind sale prices and fossils are already low margin items. When they are on sale there is nut much margin left. As we say in Texas, “there is not much meat left on the bone.” I will look at all reasonable offers.

Stands -IF shown for display only and are NOT included in the sale.

Repairs - All fossilshave some repairs.Beingburied under tonsof rubble tends to berough. None comes out of the ground perfect and whole. Almost all fossils have repairs. One of the reasons I photograph the back is so that you can see the repair work that hasbeen done.Generally you can not tell from the front that an ammonite/fossil has been repaired.

Almost all of the fossils you see ina musuem have had some type of repair work done. Only tiny fossils haveminimal repair work on them. The folks in Madagascar do a very professional job, however occasionally natural cracks are visible on the surface. This is part of the natural beauty of the fossil and not considered a defect. Simply hit \'supersize\' on the picture to get a bigger view.

Photography - Ammonites, especially the opalized ones are not easy to photograph. I photograph outside in full sun for true color rendition. Occasionally clouds come over that make the color less than it really is. On rare occasions I supplement with a flash to highlight details. Lighting ammonites correctly will bring out their best color. Halogen works the best. The hand or finger in the photo is to give you a comparision of size. We realize it is hard to tell the size of an ammonite by the picture alone. Keep in mind different monitors display colors differently. We edit with ammonite next to us, so we can get as close to the correct color as possible. However whenwe move the very same laptop from living room to office sometimes the colors look slightly different even on the same computer. The dime is for comparision .70\" or 7/10 of an inch or 18mm.

Measurements - All ammonites are measured from the tip to across. This is the industry standard. Then we measure across.

Please email BEFORE paying if you want

combined shipping.

It takes lots of paperwork to do a refund.

Shipping to Russia Federation and former Soviet Union states - Unfortunately the US Post office now makes us take all packages to former USSR TO the post office. (How they can see thru the box to see if it is dangerous I don\'t know?) Why Russia.... I do not know? However I can no longer pay my daughter $20 to go the post office, stand in a long line, to ship your $15 item. We just don\'t have the time. IF you want to buy $200usd or more we will do it. Just email us thru with a list. This is why a lot of sellers are no longer shipping to the former USSR. We will allow purchases when the US post office changes their policy.

EMAILS - PLEASE email us here thru .

Notes in Paypal and Request Total - Paypal and combined shipping unfortunately have a \'notes\' section. However WE DO NOT see the notes!!! Please do not use them. We have to click on each paypal transaction to see the note, and with 40 transactions some days there is no way. Also we only go to paypal once a week to move money to the bank. So that is why sellers do not respond to notes left there.

Same for \'combined shipping\'- ONLY sends us a icon on our payment page saying you want combined shipping. However does NOT send us your note, we have to go to our personal email address and open each one, to see IF maybe someone sent a note. We never even know you sent a note.

PLEASE just email us here!!!

Conclusion - Fossils, and ammonites in particular, at one time were only found in museums. And cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. Today YOU can own a piece of the fossil record. An animal that lived over 100 million years ago.

008g Single Orthoceras Matrix PLATE 400myo Straight FOSSIL 100mm 4"to 5" RANDOM

$11.99