Large Brown Ammonite Cleoniceras Fossil Cut Slice from Madagascar – 14.7cm – 458 grams

Cleoniceras Ammonite Fossil Slice (Half Ammonite)

Country of Origin: Madagascar

Quantity: 1 Ammonite Fossil Slice 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.

Size: approx 14.7cm in height x 11.9cm in width x 1.9cm in depth at widest section

Weight: 458 grams

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.