Ammonite ammolite

Ammonite opalescent ammolite

Millions of years old
Origin Madagascar

Size approx. 13 x 10 cm,

You buy exactly this pictured ammonite, which is even opalescent in some places

opalescent ammonites are also called ammolite
On the outside you can recognize the beautifully drawn loben lines sporadically

Ammonites belong to the group of fossils (petrifactions).
Fossils are imprints or remains of plants and animals of earlier geological epochs.
Ammonites are cephalopods with spirally wound shells.
Since many fossils were used for cultic and medicinal purposes in the past
Purposes, several synonyms exist: Ammon horns, ophites, saligrams, snake or snail stones.