FREE: GORGEOUS POLISHED AMMONITE FOSSIL

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Gorgeous AMMONITE FOSSIL, 1' X 1 1/2"
Auction is for ONE (1) Intact and polished to a high gloss, Ammonite Fossil! These are oftentimes utilized to make unique pendants for jewelry. One method is to cap the cut end with a Sterling Silver cap and add a bail to form the pendant. Alternatively, and I think, by far the more beautiful and striking presentation, is to have the FOSSIL cut LENGTHWISE so that you end up with two (2) mirror image Ammonite Fossils with the Interiors exposed!
Rarer than diamond, Ammonite is the fossilized remains of a squid-like creature that used jet propulsion to travel over 65 million years ago!
From the Paleozoic era to the end of the Cretaceous era, Ammonites jetted around the world’s oceans preying on smaller forms of marine life. For nearly 330 million years, they were abundant in all of the oceans until they suddenly became extinct, around the same time as the demise of the dinosaurs.
Ammonites were cephalopods (predatory marine mollusks) similar to the modern Squid, Octopus and chambered Nautilus. Ammonites were able to swim, thanks to the unique construction of their shell, which was divided into a series of air chambers. The air in the chambers provided buoyancy for the animal to float; like modern cephalopods, they probably moved through the water using jet propulsion.
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Each fossil is unique and its color and size will vary slightly.
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