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Nine sleek styles make up the current Tethys Sea Bath Designs Collection:
--Midnight Marine Ritual, a modern sleek off-center Vessel-design basin set atop a vanity counter in polished kajal/black measuring 3.2 x 2 ft;
--Inner Sea Sanctuary, a modern clean design with a centered Vessel-style sink set atop a vanity counter in polished Sijilmassa/terracotta brown with dimensions 3.6 x 2 ft;
--Paleo-Sea Rockets, a single centered bowl with vanity counter that features polished and sculpted orthoceras fossils on an unpolished stone matrix in kajal/black measuring 3.2 x 2 ft;
--Rissani Seabed, a design similar to Paleo-Sea Rockets but in the chocolat/dark brown hue with both ammonite and orthoceras sculpted and polished forms and measurements of 3.5 x 2 ft;
--Tethys Sea Spears Pedestal, a single basin and pedestal design in polished kajal/black; Devonian Sea Bowl, a single simple sink in polished kajal/black with dimensions 2 x 1.4 ft;
--Ancient Origins, a centered single bowl and vanity counter design with a free-form organic edge in a polished mixed Sijilmassa (terracotta brown)/Bordeaux (red) tone measuring 3.2 x 1.9 ft;
--Sahara Sea Spirals, a centered single basin with vanity counter in polished chocolat/dark brown plus raised sculpted polished ammonite fossil forms in an unpolished stone matrix counter at 3.2 x 1.7 ft,
--Jurassic Twin, a double bowl style with vanity counter in a polished mixed gray hue with dimensions of 2.7 x 1.7 ft.

About the fossils: orthoceras (spears) & ammonites (Spirals)
Fossil stone, which polishes up to a shiny marble finish, is quarried from ancient seabeds of the prehistoric Paleo-Tethys and Tethys seas that existed between 65 and 450 million years ago in an area now occupied by the Sahara desert. The stone is characterized by the distinctive, visible and completely naturally occurring presence of fossilized pre-historic marine life forms, known as orthoceras and ammonites, throughout the stone. Within each color, the figures of orthoceras appear as rocket/spaceship- or spear-like elongated cylindrical shapes. Ammonites can be identified by their circular spiral-esque forms.

Custom home installation highlights
Maison Sijilmassa’s exotic Kajal (black) fossil stone tiles were revealed as the must-have floor surface in an exclusive 11,000 square foot East Hampton estate on Travel Channel’s “New York Luxury Homes” special. The Kajal floor tiles were the 500 square foot focal point of an $80,000 master bathing retreat in baseball card entrepreneur Dan Shedrick’s $12.5 million Further Lane Farm spec house, located in an exclusive oceanfront community inhabited by well-known neighbors such as Jerry & Jessica Seinfeld.

Oversized Kajal (black) slabs were fabricated into a large custom outdoor kitchen island and installed in the 11,000 square foot New American Castle Show Home, which is located in the Berkshires luxury resort region of southwest Massachusetts.

Recognition
The Fossil Stone Ancient Seabed Collection from Maison Sijilmassa received a “Top 100 Building Products Award” from Building Products magazine, the “what’s hot” product source considered most valuable by industry professionals, by placing 57th out of a total 2,700 products reviewed for the award. Industry trackers and editors at Hanley-Wood Design Group publishers analyze trends and reader response rate to develop the most up-to-date decision-makers’ must-have product list each year.

Prior to receiving the “Top 100” award, Maison Sijilmassa’s Fossil Stone Ancient Seabed Collection received recognition as one of the industry's “Hot Stones” by Stone Magazine, the leading trade publication for specifiers, fabricators and suppliers of dimensional stone. It was one of only five stones hand-picked from around the globe for this annual distinction.

What in the world is sijilmassa?
Sijilmassa (pronounced see-jill-moss-uh), a national historic site recognized by the Moroccan Ministry of Culture, is the old Berber capital of the Tafilalet Kingdom, an oasis region in the southeastern Sahara desert region of Morocco that was once a wealthy gold-trade-route city along the ancient Saharan caravan route between Tangier and the Niger River during the Middle Ages. The Roman ruins and Grand Mosque, the central feature of this medieval town, dates back to the 8th century. All architecture and fortified villages and forts located there are made of unbaked brick, which require continual maintenance to preserve. For additional information about efforts to preserve and restore the ancient ruins of Sijilmassa please go to the World Monument Fund Web site at http://wmf.org/. View a photograph of the Grand Mosque located there, at http://www.maisonsijilmassa.com/sijilmassa.htm

About Maison Sijilmassa
Maison Sijilmassa is an international New York- and Morocco-based direct importer/exporter that specializes in bringing their extraordinary Fossil Stone Ancient Seabed Collection, including seasonal home furnishing collections showcasing select fossil stone designs, to clients throughout the world.