Ammolite Gem | Ammonite | Fancy Cabochon | 42x11mm 20.2ct | Canada | SO24 NWA 4528 Oman in 2001

Oman in 2001

This superb specimen is from the mines in Africa

Weight: 45 Grams / 1

It has an aesthetic shape with a beautiful wind eroded body from the years spent in the Desert

Ammolite Gem | Ammonite | Fancy Cabochon | 42x11mm 20.2ct | Canada | SO24 NWA 4528 Oman in 2001Ammolite is an opal like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is made of the fossilized shells of ammonites, which in turn are composed primarily of aragonite, the same mineral contained in nacre, with a microstructure inherited from the shell. It is one of few biogenic gemstones; others include amber and pearl. In 1981, the year commercial mining of ammolite began, ammolite was given