FOS1036 Pyrite Ammonite, Morocco $40 69mm
Non-returnable
Both halves of a Jurassic Moroccan Pyrite Ammonite. Rarer than the Madagascan ammonites, these have not been plated or treated, but mined from a Sulphur rich shale that has resulted in the metallic mineral replacement.
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Lower Devonian - End of Cretaceous
400 -65 Million Years old.
Various Locations
Ammonites were a ‘squid’ that had a protective shell, with air chambers used to control buoyancy. These chambers are a good representation of the Fibonacci Sequence and during fossilisation often contains calcite, aragonite or other minerals. Ammonites became extinct during the KT Extinction event, although their relative, the nautilus, survives to this day.