Ammolite Gem | Ammonite | Fancy Cabochon | 38x19mm 35ct | Canada Laumontite Color: Pure White

Color: Pure White

It often forms as transparent to translucent crystals with a glassy luster

The individual gemstone beads are rectangular in shape and range in size from 7x3 to 12x3 mm

metamorphic

There is one large white scapolite crystal on the back wall which is 2" long

Ammolite Gem | Ammonite | Fancy Cabochon | 38x19mm 35ct | Canada Laumontite Color: Pure WhiteAmmolite is an opal like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is made of the fossilized shells of ammonites, which in turn are composed primarily of aragonite, the same mineral contained in nacre, with a microstructure inherited from the shell. It is one of few biogenic gemstones; others include amber and pearl. In 1981, the year commercial mining of ammolite began, ammolite was given