Ammonite stone series#

The hardness of the mineral on the Mohs scale is 3,5 units, the density varies widely, there is no syngony, and the luster is always pearly. Ammonite is considered to bring good luck, the minerals, which sparkle, are called seven-color prosperity rs. The cost of a sample directly depends on its r and can range from $60 to $600. The coloreur of the mineral can be green, blue, yellow or red, shimmering with all colorseurs of the rainbow, which is due to the refraction of light in the layers of fossilized mother-of-pearl. More recently, in 1981, the World Jewelery Confederation officially recognized Ammolite as a gemstone on the list of famous organic gemstones such as amber, pearls and coralвЂ¦ Ammonite shells are found in many many regions of the planet, but the mineral is directly mined in one place: on the lands of the Canadian province of Alberta. Time has transformed the fossilized remains of ammonites into precious stones - ammolites, from the Greek 'lithos' - stone. Finding ammonite at any time was considered a great achievement. In Ireland they were called petrified snakes, in Germany - golden snails. It is believed that prehistoric molluscs got leur honest nameeur of the Egyptian sun god Amon Ra, whose horns wound in the same spirals as the inner parteure of the ammonite habitation. Aftereur dead, the chambers of the shell have been filled for millennia with various minerals, forming opalescent specimens of extraordinary beauty of universal nature and wisdom.

Ammonite stone series#

The contemporaries of the dinosaurs lived in this perfect form, the parameters of which fully correspond to the golden ratio, keeping theeur soft, limp body in a safe space, divided into a series of chambers by transverse partitions. And the beauty to be found at the semi-precious ruins, where minerals of all shapes and sizes from all over the world are depicted, is half of the fossilized spiral shell valve that once served as the home of the old mollusk. Ammonites are not minerals in the literal sense of the term these are the fossilized remains of long-extinct ancestors of modern cephalopods, such as the squid.

The coiled spiral of the fossil creates an instant desire to own this beauty, bring it into your home and constantly admire it.

We usually haveВ extra large and small ammonites available, please contact us if you are trying to put together a group of varying sizes.Anyone who has seen an ammonite stone at least once will never confuse it with any other, especially if they have encountered a variety of iridescent mother-of-pearl. They look wonderful in a display of natural curiosities. Millions of years old these genuine ammonites definitely qualify as the oldest of all the items we sell at Homebarn.ДЄmmonites make wonderful decorators accents for the home. Some may be smoothВ and almost white, others have a tinge of pink or orange dependant on the rocks within which they were formed.В Stone ammonite fossil

Ammonites vary slightlyВ in the ornamentation (surface relief) of their shells. The name вЂњammoniteвЂќ, from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled ramвЂ™sВ horns. These creatures lived in the seas betweenВ 240 вЂ“ 65 million yearsВ ago, when they became extinct along with the dinosaurs. A real ammonite fossil.В Ammonites are perhaps the most widely known fossil, possessing the typically ribbed spiral-form shell as pictured above.