Uncoiled Ammonite - Anetoceras a05003c5a2014b8e4ac0627e02162c48

Uncoiled Ammonite - Anetoceras a05003c5a2014b8e4ac0627e02162c48Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals in the Cephalopoda class. They are invertebrates and are more closely related to coleoids (squids, octopus, and cuttlefish) than they were to the chambered nautilus, even though they looked much more similar to the later. The name Ammonite was derived from "ammonis cornua," translated to mean Horns of Ammon. Ammon was an Egyptian god that was typically depicted wearing ram horns, whose spiraled shape is

similarly to the way a shark does

It is an amorphous silicate

This is a relatively soft stone that ranges between 3

feeding upon small fish

near the town of Maastricht in the Netherlands

This necklace is made using AAA quality *mm round amethyst beads

Pink Halite gets its color from halobacteria from the lake

similar to their distant relative Allosaurus

The chemical formula for cavansite is Ca(VO)(Si4O10) 4H2O

setting the hand cut pieces next to each other

it is considered an ornamental and semi-precious stone

It is known to date back to the 10th century BC