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39 Ammonite & Snail Shell Fossils, Pyritized & Opalized

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Natural Polished Goniatite Ammonite Shell Fossil: Natural Polished Goniatite Ammonite Shell Fossil. 11 inches x 9 inches.

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Stunning Opalized Ammonite Fossils w/ Pyrite: **First Time At Auction** Ancient seas, Russia, Jurassic period, 201.3 to 145 Million years ago. A stunning collection of 8 ammonite fossils from the Quenstedtoceras genus that have been grouped to fo

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ASSORTED OPALIZED AMMONITE FOSSILS - LOT OF 19: ASSORTED OPALIZED AMMONITE FOSSILS - LOT OF 19 Assorted polished opalized ammonite fossils - lot of 19. Condition: Very fine. Mineral specimens

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Suture Shell Ammonite Fossil Specimen.: This halved ammonite has suture patterns and iridescence on is back side with a polished front. There is a Natural crack that appears to have been filled to its lower portion. It measures 11 1/2" long

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39 Ammonite & Snail Shell Fossils, Pyritized & Opalized

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Description

North Africa, Morocco, Devonian to Cretaceous, ca. 409 to 66 million years ago. A stunning collection of 38 ammonite fossils that not only fossilized but many have pyritized and opalized forming a shimmering golden and coppery-red hues from mineralization. Other shells are an inky black from hematite, an iron rich mineralization. Included is a single spiked shell from a prehistoric gastropod, and this shell has also not only undergone fossilization, but agatization due to a silica based permineralization. A total of 39 shells that could be fashioned into jewelry if one desired! Size of largest: 2.75" L x 0.75" W (7 cm x 1.9 cm); smallest: 0.45" Diameter (1.1 cm)

Provenance: private Van Buskirk collection, Tucson, Arizona USA

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Condition

Chips and losses throughout. Stabilizing material added to chambers on a few. The largest ammonite has extensive losses to the exterior shell on one side. A clear stabilizing coating has been added to some ammonites.