Description

Pyritized Ammonite Fossil – Medium

Origin: Morocco
Width: 30mm
Height: 22mm

Sent to you within a small clear plastic display case with white borders.

Please see pictures for additional specimens also available on my site.  This medium specimen is on the left of the collection of 3.

Pyritized Ammonite Fossil
60 – 500 million years old, ammonites are an extinct form of mollusk related to the octopus and chambered nautilus. Like the nautilus, it had a hard shell with a distinctive spiral pattern. Ammonites range in size from 1 mm to over 2 feet, and vary in the type of mineral replacement during fossilization. The name comes from its resemblance to a ram’s horn: in Egyptian mythology, the God Ammon looked like a man with horns like a ram. Ammonites are found in Canada, Europe, Madagascar, Peru, and Morocco.