SiS: EXQUISITE Flashy Iridescent Ammonite - Nice Size!
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This is one of the more impressive ammonites from this gorgeous, gemmy deposit we've been able to lay our hands on! Those well defined, honey calcite filled chambers are really amazing! T's a very strong red and green flash on the irridescent back too which makes this one particularly desirable as a collector speicmen! It was a banner year at the wholesale shows this year and without a doubt, one of the best scores I made was with an importer who brought in a few flats of absolutely choice ammonites from Madagascar. Ammonites as fossil sea treasures are prizes in their own right, and larger ones like these are really marvels to behold, but this particular variety is really special because the outside of the shell has an irridescent (opalescent) mother of pearl like flash to it that you simply won't believe until you see it in person! I've owned some of these before, but I'd never seen such a nice selection with so much of the absolutely killer color flash in them! This ancient sea creature has been carefully cut to reveal the fantastic growth boundaries of the many chambers that curled around to form the shell. Some of these chambers are hollow and full of calcite crystals. I've admired these fine specimens for years, but the prices were always out of reach for my own collection. I thought the quality and price came together with
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