Pair of Large Brown Ammonite Cleoniceras Fossil Cut Slice from Madagascar – 13cm – 549 grams

Pair of Cleoniceras Ammonite Fossil Slices

Country of Origin: Madagascar

Quantity: 1 pair of Ammonite Fossil Slices in total. You will receive the exact fossil as shown in the photos. Each slice has its own unique shape, size and crystal pockets. Polished on one side only.

Slice 01 – Size: approx 13cm in height x 10.3cm in width x 1.5cm in depth at widest section
Slice 02 – Size: approx 12.7cm in height x 10.2cm in width x 1.6cm in depth at widest section

Weight: 549 grams in total

Care has been taken to ensure that weights and measurements are as accurate as possible, however please do note that these are only approximate so measuring precise dimensions can be difficult from irregular shaped items.

These specimens are in their natural raw form and shedding of small crystals is normal. Natural inclusions, cracks and pockets are all visible and all part of the natural stone. Please handle with extra care. These are very fragile stones.

The word ammonite is derived from Ammon, an Egyptian god who took the form of a ram. Ammonites are similar in appearance to a ram’s horn.

Ammonites are one of the most recognisable fossils around, this is due to their familiar spiral shape shell, reminiscent of what we know as a snail shell, though these creatures are not related to snails at all! They were marine animals, present between 240 – 65 million years ago, who had a coiled external shell similar to that of the modern nautilus.