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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedAmmolite. (Exquisite Gems).(the nautilus-like ammonite)
JQ, January, 2003 by Stebbins, Dan
Drifting in the tides of prehistoric seas, the nautilus-like ammonite enjoyed a long existence before joining the dinosaurs in extinction. Seventy million years later, the aquatic creature with the spiraled shell is enjoying a rebirth, of sorts.
In the last two decades jewelers and designers have discovered the unrivaled beauty of the ammonite's fossilized shell and they are finding customers eager for pieces with this rare material. It is only being mined commercially in one place in the world, Alberta, Canada, with only an estimated 15-year supply remaining to be unearthed.
Known in the gem world as "ammolite," the fossilized shell presents a wondrously broad spectrum of vivid colors that is unquestionably unique. The gemstone, first discovered...
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