Description
Description: These sterling silver plated ammonite pendants pair a genuine fossil from Madagascar with a finished silver setting made in India. The ammonites from northwestern Madagascar are among the best known on the market because they often preserve the clean spiral shape of the original shell so well. Each pendant shows off that natural coil, which is not just decorative. It is the record of an extinct marine animal that lived in ancient seas while dinosaurs still walked the land.
Ammonites were cephalopods, related to modern nautilus, squid, and octopus, but they carried an external chambered shell. Those chambers helped control buoyancy in the water, making the shell both practical and beautiful. Madagascar’s fossil-bearing sedimentary deposits have produced many well-preserved ammonites, and when used in jewelry, they give a finished piece a real sense of age and natural history without losing wearability.
Many people are drawn to ammonite for its connection to change, motion, and the long passage of time. In that sense, these pendants are often chosen as symbols of growth, cycles, and steady forward movement. Set in sterling silver, the fossil has a clean finished look that still keeps the ancient character of the original shell.
Country of Manufacture: India
Stone Mined from: Mahajanga area, Boeny Region, Madagascar
Stone Type: Ammonite
Metal Type: Sterling Silver Plated
Small
Approximate size of 1 piece: 35mm x 27mm x 12.5mm
Approximate weight of 1 piece: 14.2g
Medium
Approximate size of 1 piece: 42mm x 32mm x 14mm
Approximate weight of 1 piece: 19.5g
Large
Approximate size of 1 piece: 45mm x 35mm x 15mm
Approximate weight of 1 piece: 28.8g
Quantity: 1pc
We do our best to buy quality products- although not every piece of jewelry is the same. If you choose to purchase the "staff pick option", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.