Polished Ammonite Pendant - Fiery Red Iridescent

Here is a unique piece of jewelry featuring a real 110 million year old ammonite fossil from Madagascar. This ammonite has an iridescent shell that appears as a deep red color when light hits hit from the right angle.

Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled squids with shells. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. Though their shells resemble that of a nautilus, they are actually more closely related to living octopuses. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago, barely surviving several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.

Artist's reconstruction of an ammonite, by Nobu Tamura

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