Triplets are typically assembled by placing a thin slice of shell between two layers of more durable material that are attached with epoxy.
Only in one small area of North America does one find this. This fossil does have some well done repairs on the back side. It has all of the colors of ammolite including quite a bit of the rare blue.
#Ammolite vs ammonite full#
These creatures, along with the dinosaurs, died out at the end of the Cretaceous Period around 65 million years ago. This Canadian Ammolite full fossil is just spectacular This fossil measures 14 1/2 wide by 12' tall by 1.2' thick. The term ‘ammonite’ refers to an extinct group of mollusks. A doublet is a thin slice of shell that is typically covered by a durable material (often crystal, glass or plastic) that both protect the gem and maximize its presentation. Ammolite is an opal-like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Since the layer of ammolite is typically thin, most ammolite is made into doublets or triplets for use in jewelry. Unlike most gems, whose colors come from light absorption, ammolite's iridescent color is caused by interference with the light that gets trapped within stacked layers of thin platelets that make up the fossilized shell.
Ammonites are an extinct group of swimming. Ammolite is fossil shell material from Placenticeras ammonites. Its iridescence occurs when the fossilized ammonite shell becomes mineralized. Ammonite fossils available for fossil collectors : Promicroceras gold pyrite, Perisphinctes, Ceratites praenodosus and many other fossilized ammonites from. It has stunningly intense, iridescent rainbow colors. Ammolite's iridescent play of color is what makes it so distinctive and attractive. Found in Canada, the iridescent shell of fossilized ammonites is available as ammonite fossils or in iridescent gems cut from the fossils under the trade name ammolite. Ammolite is a gem that comes from the fossilized shell of an extinct, squid-like creature called an ammonite.
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