PYRITISED AMMONITE MATRIX
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Dimensions:
5.4cm x 4.8cm x 3.4cm, 65g.
PYRITISED AMMONITE MATRIX
[whohit]PYRITISED AMMONITE MATRIX[/whohit]
Dimensions:
5.4cm x 4.8cm x 3.4cm, 65g.
Weight | 70 g |
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Dimensions | 5.4 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm |
A great example of a group of four Phacops Trilobite Fossils on a Limestone matrix. Trilobites are extinct arthropods. Their black colour is due to the chemical processes affecting the rock, causing the animals to petrify entirely. Their habitat was salt water.
Age: Lower Devonian, Approx 350 million years old.
Location:
Hamar L’aghdad Limestone deposits of Djbel Issoumour, Moroccan Sahara.
Dimensions:
20.2cm x 22.5cm x 7.2cm, 3350g. Largest Trilobite 12cm x 7cm x 2.6cm.
An incredible polished Fossil Orthoceras Plate showing the intricate internal chamber structure with one Orthoceras specimen exposed. Orthoceras measures 3.4″ in length. An attractive display piece. The rock matrix is a beautiful material and the Orthoceras cavities are mineral filled.
Age:
Lower Ordovician to Triassic – 390 to 250 million years old.
Location:
Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Dimensions:
9.5cm x 7.8cm x 3.5cm, 298g.
An outstanding specimen of rare Petrified Palm Leaf Pentoxylon Slab to grace your eyes. This specimen is cut and glossed to show the true beauty and form of the grains of wood.
Location:
Walloon Coal Measures, Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia.
Dimensions:
33cm x 23.5cm x 1.8cm, 2457g.
Jurassic
Stunning Pyritised Ammonite Fossil specimen. This specimen is large and heavy to hold for it’s size in the hand. Fossil Ammonites with a natural formation of Pyrite are uncommon and only come from a few locations in the world. This is a natural fossil specimen. An amazing artifact and a natural example of the Fibonacci sequence. Also from the center out, the spiral increases at the ratio of Phi or the golden section, 1.618. This number is also related to Pi and the Fibonacci Sequence.
Age:
Pliensbachian 185 mya.
Location:
Forcheim, Germany.
Dimensions:
4.9cm x 3.9cm x 2.2cm, 43g.
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