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Split Pair Ammonites
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Split Pair Ammonites

$20.00

9 in stock

Description

Well preserved and Polished Split Pair Ammonites that show great color and show  detailed chambers.

Madagascar is known for beautifully preserved ammonite fossils from both the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. Many of them have been turned into agate, and the inner parts are often preserved as hollow spaces lined with crystals. They are  beautiful when cut and polished to reveal this inner chamber detail and color.

These Split Pair Ammonites make great gifts of the budding fossil collector or jewelry maker.

This is a polished Split Pair Ammonites you will receive BOTH halves. These are smaller and we have bunches. They average 1 3/4 to 1 1/2 but some might be a bit bigger. We will choose the best ones in order of sale.

Ammonites are cephalopods, Literally head/foot (in Latin cephala – head and podus foot). These creatures are related to Octopus and squid but the Cephalopods of today have lost their shells. Ammonites had hard external shells.  Ammonites lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of Earth history which lasted about 140 million years. They became extinct after the cretaceous mass extinction but are survived today by a relative called the nautilus.

When cut in half and polished you can see the intricate detail of the inside structure. The voids within the fossil are filled with minerals during the fossilization process and when polished achieve this spectacular beauty.

They average 1 3/4 to 1 1/2 but some might be a bit bigger.

Ammonite
Cretaceous Period
Albian Stage
Mahajanga Province
Madagascar