Ammonite (5”) with red flash, Madagascar benz termination

Ammonite (5”) with red flash, Madagascar benz terminationAmmonites are fossilized cephalopod; extinct marine animals that lived in shells during the Early Cretaceous period, roughly 110 million years ago. These Cleoniceras; coil shelled, many tentacled mollusks disappeared after the dinosaur killing asteroid strike, in one of the worst mass extinctions of all time. This ammonite is still in its chambered shell; that shell has built up micro layers of nacre (aragonite), and when light hits the stacked

Measures 2” high and 1

From the Mibladen region in Midelt

Stunning example of this highly sought-after material

Soft lavender purple with small spots or specks that are often called “radiation burns” but are actually impurities such as pyrite or chalcopyrite embedded in the fluorite

Small cabinet specimen of deep blue Azurite and bright green Malachite from the Liufengshan Mine

and UVs a bright yellow under both longwave and shortwave

) Cabachon set in sterling silver

925 sterling silver pendant

The pagoda calcites are covered in a rainbow chalcopyrite micro-druse

These are often gathered from caves

25” (5 cm x 2 cm)

Measures about 1