{"product_id":"untitled-jun7_17-27-33","title":"Ammonite (5”) with red flash, Madagascar","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAmmonites are fossilized cephalopod; extinct marine animals that lived in shells during the \u003cspan\u003eEarly Cretaceous period, roughly 110 million years ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThese \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eCleoniceras\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003ecoil-shelled, many-tentacled mollusks disappeared after the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike, in one of the worst mass extinctions of all time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis ammonite is still in its chambered shell; that shell has built up micro-layers of nacre (aragonite), and when\u003cspan\u003e light hits the stacked crystalline aragonite plates, it refracts and produces brilliant flashes of colour. The spacing and thickness of the layers dictate which colors you see. This piece is overwhelmingly red.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eInteresting factoid: \u003cbr\u003eIt is believed that the original discus used by the ancient Greeks in their Olympics was a fossilized ammonite.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFrom the Mahajanga region of Madagascar. Has been stabilized with resin to protect the fragile outer shell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMeasures roughly 5” x 4”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bede Fay: Crystal \u0026 Mineral Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45737186623522,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0808\/9554\/1282\/files\/31CA3AFF-87B9-4D14-8056-4129B46983B5.jpg?v=1780867775","url":"https:\/\/www.bedefay.com\/products\/untitled-jun7_17-27-33","provider":"Bede Fay: Crystal \u0026 Mineral Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}