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WHAT IS AMMOLITE?

April 26, 2017ammolite

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WHAT IS AMMOLITE?

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* recognized as ìAlbertaís Gemstoneî (http://www.goldguide.com/geo-stones/) * is a fossilized shell which shows a rainbow of shifting interference colors in beautiful mosaic type patterns (http://www.gemstone.org/askgems.html) * it remineralized and recrystalized (http://www.gemstone.org/askgems.html) * it is formed from the mineralized remains of an upper Cretaceous fossil called the Ammonite Placenticeras (http://www.ammolite.com/faq.htm) * the gemstone material is formed from the compacted remains of the shell which was exposed to eons of elemental movement, mineralization, intense heat and pressure.