Ammonites can be found on the surface of the earth. Ammonite is the source of ancient magic. Natural monument of Adygea and its artifacts

Ammonites are extinct cephalopods with very beautiful outer shells. Most often, the word "ammonites" refers to all representatives of the subclass of ammonoids (Ammonoidea) from the class of cephalopods (Cephalopoda). This subclass includes 6 orders - Anarcestida, Ammonitida, Ceratitida, Clymeniida, Goniatitida, Prolecanitida. The first ammonites, if we talk about the subclass as a whole, appeared in the Devonian period. These were representatives of the order Goniatitida, and in the Late Devonian, in addition to goniatitids, there were also orders Anarcestida, Clymeniida and Prolecanitida. On the other hand, often the word "ammonites" is understood only as representatives of the order Ammonitida or even the suborder Ammonitina, which have been known since the beginning of the Jurassic.

In the opinion of the author of the site "Ammonit.ru", it is more convenient to use the term "ammonites" to designate all ammonoids, if necessary, separately specifying their belonging to one or another detachment. After all, it was in the Devonian period that the ammonites separated themselves from all other groups of cephalopods and acquired those features that, in the end, allowed them to flourish for more than three hundred million years. Although individual orders of ammonites (ammonoids) appeared and died out, this subclass existed for a very long time and its representatives played a huge role in marine ecosystems.

Like all cephalopods, ammonites were stenohaline animals - that is, they lived only in seas with normal salinity, never entering fresh water bodies and estuaries. Most ammonites had a spiral-twisted shell, although so-called heteromorphs appeared among them more than once - ammonites with unfolded, twisted into a ball, straight like a stick or hook-shaped shells.

Previously, ammonites were brought together with nautiluses, since both of them have an external shell. But all recent research suggests that ammonites were much closer to modern octopuses, squids, and extinct belemnites than they were to nautiluses. Unfortunately, not a single imprint of the ammonite body is known so far. However, researchers believe they had 10 tentacles and well-developed, much more complex eyes than the nautilus.

The shell of the ammonites was divided into separate chambers, in the front, the largest (it is called the living chamber), the mollusk itself was located. All chambers were connected to the body of the ammonite by a siphon, a special tube passing through holes in the walls of the chambers. Thanks to the siphon, ammonites, like nautiluses, could regulate the buoyancy of the shell. But the ammonite siphon in its structure and speed of work was closer to the siphon of modern coleoids - cuttlefish and spirula than to the nautilus siphon.

Between the shells of ammonites and nautiluses, there are a number of differences that make it possible to accurately distinguish them in the fossil state. In nautilus, the partitions between the chambers are smooth, and the siphon is located approximately in the center of the partition (it can be moved up or down, but still somewhat separated from the edge of the shell). In ammonites, the partitions are uneven, corrugated, and the siphon most often passes near the very wall (usually near the outer wall) of the shell.

In addition, ammonites and nautiluses differed significantly in the principle of reproduction. If nautiluses, both modern and fossil, laid a few large eggs (1-2 cm in length), then ammonites were taken in quantity - they had a lot of eggs, but their size was 1-2 mm. As a result, a small nautilus actually lived in an egg for some time on everything ready - on the stocks available there, and went out into the water already quite large, with a formed shell. And the ammonite was born from an egg very tiny (such a cub was called ammonitella) and was forced at first to feed exclusively on plankton. But he had to build a shell, which means that the plankton that the ammonite had to extract must have contained a lot of calcium. Many paleontologists suggest that this is what killed the ammonites when, at the turn of the Cretaceous and Paleogene, due to some reason, the calcareous plankton died out, and the ammonites also died out, which had nothing to eat.

Ammonites were predators and most likely preyed on any prey they could catch. Although, in fact, paleontologists do not have much information about what ammonites ate. Judging by the diversity of ammonite shell shapes, which even in "classical" spiral ammonites varied from disc-shaped to almost spherical, ammonites lived at different depths, swam with different speed and occupied various ecological niches. Many paleontologists believe that before the mass flowering bony fish it was the ammonites that occupied most those ecological niches which are now occupied by fish.

Heteromorphic ammonites most likely fed on plankton, which they could catch with the help of peculiar slimy nets. Ammonites with an ordinary, spirally twisted shell in their youth, as mentioned above, also fed on plankton, but in the future they probably expanded their diet due to more big booty. The diameter of the largest ammonite shells approaches two meters, for some species the normal shell size was 50-60 cm, for sure such giants could eat many marine life.

Ammonites had interesting lower jaws - which, apparently, were used both as jaws and as caps that closed the mouth of the shell in case of danger. Most likely, such a bifurcation of the functions of the jaws led to the fact that the jaws of ammonites were generally weaker than the jaws of modern cephalopods.

Much more information paleontologists have information about who ate the ammonites themselves. These beautiful cephalopods were preyed upon by marine reptiles, fish, and other cephalopods, including squid, belemnites, and most likely ammonites themselves, and maybe even crustaceans. Ammonite shells or their fragments are often found in skeletons. marine reptiles in the area where the stomach was, in addition, researchers often find ammonite shells with bite marks, sometimes even with noticeable imprints of predator teeth. Many ammonites ended their lives in the teeth and beaks of predators, but many survived even after their attacks, ammonites were very tenacious and could restore their shell even after very serious injuries, which probably affected the body of the mollusk.

Ammonites evolved very quickly, so their shells are very important "guide fossils" that help paleontologists separate sedimentary rock layers and compare rocks from different locations to each other.

Aptychs of the species Tauriaptychus angulicostatus (also known as Lamellaptychus angulicostatus) previously described from the Crimea are broken specimens from the upper Teriv clays of the Belbek River basin (Sbrosovy log) and from the settlement of High. Examples of such aptihs on the site: photo, photo. In 2016, I found a specimen of this species in the eroded remains of the "Tvergoy Dn" clayey limestones of the Ammonitico Rosso facies in the Bakhchisarai region (Scientific settlement). This is practically a complete leaf of the aptychus 16 mm long and an imprint of the second leaf. First... >>>

What ancient animals do you know? And besides dinosaurs? Mammoths... Archeopteryx... What else? Ammonites! They are much less popular than dinosaurs, but their spiral shell is a gem in any museum and collection. Their history goes back over 300 million years. Once they inhabited the oceans and seas of our planet.

Talk about these mysterious creatures we asked Alexander Alexandrovich SHEVYREV, Dr. biological sciences, leading researcher of the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Who are ammonites?

Ammonites are extinct relatives of living cephalopods such as squid and octopus. Their soft body was encased in a spirally coiled shell. Modern cephalopods have a very large head and tentacles-legs on the head, which is why they are called so. This is the most highly organized group among modern invertebrates, known as the primates of the sea.

The closest similarity of ammonites among modern representatives of this group is the nautilus (ship) that lives in the southwest Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. This is the only species of cephalopod today, in which the body, like that of ammonites, is enclosed in a flatly twisted shell.

Ammonite shell forever associated with Egyptian god Amon and through him with Aries. Ammonite resembles the horns of Aries, bringing the Sun and driving away the darkness. Ammonites filled with pyrite became the talisman of those born under the constellation Aries. By the way, "pyrite" in Greek means "fiery" - the symbolism of the name, shape, color and mineralogical composition of ammonite is so surprisingly woven together. Fossilized shells of ammonites, the chambers of which are filled with chalcedony or calcite, became the talismans of Capricorn and were sold in pharmacies as early as the beginning of the 20th century as "miraculous snake stones that help against all diseases." The most impressive of them are simbirskites mined near Ulyanovsk. In a longitudinal cut, they look like two spirals: a honey-amber, expanding from the center to the edge, and a narrow dark stripe.

- Modern cephalopods have very large eyes, and so complex that they resemble human ones in their structure. One day there was a message that Jurassic deposits Argentina found ammonites with eyes. The author even wrote that those eyes were blue. Unfortunately, the remains of the soft parts of the body are very rarely preserved. Tentacle prints are known, and one might think that ammonites had eight of them, like octopuses, and not like the nautilus, in which the number of tentacles reaches 100-112. And what kind of eyes they had and what color, we can only guess.

The name of these amazing creatures comes from the name of the ancient Egyptian god Amon: their spiral shells resembled the horns of a solar deity, which was depicted with a ram's head. AT Ancient Rome they were called "horns of Amon", Pliny the Elder recorded this name in his "Natural History". Ammonites were held in high esteem and Ancient Greece. It is known, for example, that the Greeks put ammonite at the head of the bed at night, believing that it brings sweet dreams, imprinting in its shell the world of dreams and fantasies of a tireless artist.

And in 1789, the French zoologist Jean Brugier "legitimized" the divine title of these mollusks, giving them the Latin name ammonitos. In those days, only one genus of ammonites was known, and now there are already about three thousand of them - a huge variety! And they describe more and more new types of ammonites.

From the history of the costume

Appearing on earth 400 million years ago, the ammonites chose the most exquisite cut of the costume and for more than three hundred million years they flaunted each other, introducing more and more new details of jewelry.

- The ancestors of ammonites were cephalopods with a straight shell - bactrites. The history of ammonites began with the fact that straight shells turned into a spiral, and they retained this form throughout their existence. Only in the late Triassic, about 180 million years ago, did the spirals begin to unfold and take on a wide variety of shapes. They are called heteromorphs. Especially a lot of them appeared at the end of the Cretaceous period. About ten years ago, a semi-unfolded hook-shaped ammonite 2.5 meters long was found in Antarctica.

The shell of ammonites is formed by spirally coiled whorls, and all these whorls are divided into chambers. The body of the mollusk usually occupied the last chamber, from which the head, equipped with eyes and tentacles, “looked out”. This chamber is called air. Its length can be a whole turn, half, and sometimes only a quarter of a turn of the shell. That is, the soft body occupied an insignificant part of the total volume, and the rest of the shell was filled with gas.

- The development of the ammonite began from the initial chamber, from the center, and then, as it grew, the entire body of the mollusk moved in a spiral, leaving behind chambers separated by partitions and filled with air.

All ammonite chambers were connected by a tube - a siphon. By adjusting the ratio of air and liquid in the chambers with a siphon, the ammonite moved vertically, like a float. Horizontally, they moved with the help of a special funnel, squeezing water with force in the right direction.

Holding a spiral in the palm of your hand, which is millions of years old, you can endlessly run your finger along its rings, look at the drawing and be surprised at the perfection of the lines. As if in a museum of the court costume of the Renaissance: how noble the play of silk, what workmanship and texture of the fabric! Often mother-of-pearl is preserved both outside and inside the shell. And according to the relief pattern, the “dresses” determine the type of ammonites, of which there are thousands.

- One of the characteristic features of ammonites is the lobed line. This is a pattern that forms the end of the partitions at the junction with the walls of the shell. In the early representatives, it is the simplest - almost a straight line. Later, the bends of this partition appear, they are called saddles and blades. Then they undergo further splitting.

Why did they need it? There are several assumptions. Many are inclined to believe that such a complex partition strengthened the shell and made it possible for ammonites to descend onto great depths. The lobed line is amazingly beautiful, it is like a thin lace, reminiscent of mysterious trees...

- Over the course of the three hundred million year history of ammonites, the blade line has become more and more complicated. Moreover, it is interesting that when the crisis occurred, species with complex partitions died first and only forms with simple ones remained. And each time after the crisis, they began to complicate their partitions again, and by the end of their evolution, the patterns of the lobed line were the most complex.

Life after life

Throughout their existence, the ammonites have experienced several moments of crisis. At the end of the Devonian period, their fate literally hung in the balance, almost all of them died out. Only one genus managed to survive; it was he who gave rise to a new outbreak of the evolution of ammonites. At the end of the Permian period (about 225 million years ago), the entire biosphere of the Earth experienced a great shock, and almost 75% of all animal species that inhabited the water and land became extinct. This general crisis also affected the Ammonites. In the end Triassic period(180 million years ago) fate once again tested their strength - they could again become extinct. But they managed to overcome all these crises.

Ammonites ended their existence approximately 65-70 million years ago. They disappeared along with the dinosaurs, although they appeared much earlier than them. We now read their chronicle only in the earthly layers.

But the story of the ammonites continues after that. Initially aragonite, their shell over the centuries is gradually replaced by calcite, and sometimes by pyrite, and then the ammonite found shines like gold. We have in Ryazan region in the ravines you can find ammonites, which are composed entirely of pyrite. They look very impressive.

Once upon a time, ammonites lived in almost all seas, and today you can find them in almost any area. the globe even in Antarctica. Typically, the shell diameter is 5-10 cm, but there are also much larger ones. The largest ammonite was found in Bavaria, its diameter is 2.5 m. On the territory of Russia, in the North Caucasus, in the Cretaceous deposits on the Belaya River, ammonites up to 1 m in diameter can be found.

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All found ammonites are the fossilized remains of mollusks that lived on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago. Like the dinosaurs that appeared at that time, ammonites grew, not skimping on building material for shells. Fossils are known, the diameter of which is comparable to the height of a person, and even reaches two and a half meters.

The ubiquity and unimaginably long existence of cephalopods has led to the fact that we can find ammonite as a mineral wherever the sea splashed in previous geological epochs.

What is typical for this fossil, the ammonite stone conceals the properties of its aesthetic appeal for the most part inside the specimens found. Separate fossilized shells of ammonites have been preserved for two hundred or three hundred million years so well that, when sawn, they amaze with the freshness of mother-of-pearl luster.

However, in most cases, prolonged contact with salt solutions leads to the replacement of substances that originally constituted the mollusk shell. Which sometimes only increases the decorative qualities of the fossilized ammonite.

The jewelry value of fossil shells depends either on the preservation of the mother-of-pearl layer (which is rare), or on the attractiveness of the minerals that have impregnated the limestone structure. So, pyritized ammonite resembles a perfect creation jewelry art. The retail price of such ammonite can reach several tens of thousands of rubles.

Ammonites in human history

The fossil molluscs were named after their resemblance to the horns of the god Amon, who personified in Ancient Egypt The sun, and having the symbol of a shining ram. The ancient Greeks valued ammonites for their ability to evoke interesting dreams with necessarily voluptuous plots. The Romans, having conquered Egypt, adopted the tradition, and called the fossilized shells the horns of Amon.

Shortly before the beginning of the ΧVΙΙΙ century, the ancient name of the fossil was included in the Latinized register of paleontological finds. True, the French naturalist Jean Brugier had information about the only type of ammonites, but time has corrected (and continues to correct) the list. Today there are more than three thousand varieties of ammonites, and every year the list is replenished.

How is ammonite arranged?

Cephalopods, diligently building houses for their own bodies in those distant times, for some reason “constructed shells” in a spiral shape. Some of the shells looked like a tightly twisted clock spring. Others looked like paper clips. Still others looked like a ram's horn.

However, in the internal structure, the ammonite mineral is strikingly uniform. Each shell is divided by chambers that gradually increase in volume as they approach the open edge. One can only marvel at the stamina of a creature that lived in a small open shell chamber and was forced to carry a considerable mass of bulky buildings with it all its life.

Ammonite Jewelry

Ammonite is a stone, the decorative properties of which largely depend on the foresight and determination of the stone cutter. Often, careful removal of surface layers reveals a shell,. More often, ammonite, which is not particularly attractive in appearance, can harbor internal fossils of semi-precious minerals - at least in part of its chambers.

Medium-sized ammonites are used to make interior decorations. Often they represent an ancient shell, cleared of deposits, but not separated from the stone into which it has grown over millions of years. These items become collectibles.

Small ammonites with colorful outcrops of internal fossils are used as jewelry. Such jewelry is worn in the form of pendants or earrings, and is rarely used in any other way.

The magical properties of ammonite

The magical properties of ammonite lie not only in the mineral composition of the substances that make up fossil shells. The spiral shape of the stone determines its strength! Everything in the universe develops in a spiral, and ammonite helps the eternal forces of nature to establish proper order.

The ordering of human life is the main thing magical property ammonite. Any owner of ammonite jewelry notices: with the appearance of a stone twisted into a spiral, events line up in a clear logical chain. An understanding of the patterns of building an event series also comes ...

For the signs of the zodiac, ammonite makes no difference. But by the nature of people's activities, he distinguishes unmistakably. The stone shows the greatest spiritual activity in relation to a person whose profession is connected with the sea. But even plumbers, land reclamators, aquarists can clearly feel the effectiveness of an ancient stone.

The healing properties of ammonite

The fact that ammonite treats sleep disorders associated with early awakening was noticed by ancient doctors. In ancient Arabic treatises, crushed ammonite powder is described as a means of increasing the body's ability to conceive and bear a fetus.

In modern China, ammonites are used as regulators of the movement of human internal energy. Applicative overlays and light body massage with ammonites are considered as a serious alternative to drugs that stimulate functions. internal organs. Twisting the qi energy into vortex flows, ammonites have an extremely beneficial effect on the state of the massaged parts of the body.

The mineral composition of petrified ammonite, as well as petrified wood, can be very diverse. Over the hundreds of millions of years that have passed since the death of the animal, its calcite shell is completely replaced by substances contained in the surrounding rock. The shell cavities, once filled with the soft tissues of the mollusk, are also filled with various minerals. The ammonite extracted from the stone may consist of translucent chalcedony or golden pyrite. Sometimes, during processing, the ammonite is sawn in half to reveal the exquisite pattern formed by the partitions.

Ammonites, incl. original form, Morocco
Photo: © A.A. Evseev

At first glance, all ammonites are similar to each other in their shape, but in reality there are about 6 thousand species of them, and each has its own salient feature buildings. In addition, they differ greatly in size. The smallest do not exceed 1 cm, and the diameter of the largest found in the North American state of Montana is 2.75 m.

Pretty close relatives of ammonites are belemnites. Their fossilized remains are found in abundance in Mesozoic deposits, and can serve as the so-called guide fossils, that is, with their help it is convenient to date the layer.

The remains of belemnites that come across in the rock are popularly called "devil's fingers", "thunder arrows" or "devil's arrows". Many curious beliefs and legends are associated with them. The word belemnite in Greek means "arrow-shaped stone". Modern man I would rather come to the conclusion that these strange formations do not look like arrows, but like cartridges or shells - thin stone cylinders, pointed at one end. Average length such “arrows” are 10-15 cm. Actually, these “arrows” were originally called belemnites, and the creatures, of which they are part of the skeleton, in the scientific community for a long time were called “belemnites animals”.

Fortunately, scientists also have prints of the soft parts of the body of belemnites. Based on them, we can conclude that the animals had ten tentacles and most of all resembled squids in appearance, but unlike the latter, they had a powerful inner shell. The shell consisted of three parts - a thin plate above the body - proostracum divided into chambers phragmocone and rostrum at the end of the body, behind the phragmocone. It is the rostrum, most often preserved, due to its strength, that received the name "thunder arrow". It is believed that it was necessary to align the body in the water - as a counterbalance to the head and tentacles of the animal and for better control of movement - so that the belemnite, swimming with its sharp end forward, did not wag from side to side. Apparently, cartilage, which served as the base of the fins, was also attached to the rostrum. Belemnites were active predators. They led a lifestyle similar to that of modern squids - they swam in huge flocks, consisting of individuals of the same size and age. The largest individuals could reach 3 m in length.

A detailed description of the fossilized remains of belemnites, found in abundance near Moscow, can be found in an article by the outstanding Russian paleontologist of the 19th century, Karl Rulje:

“Belemnite, in the form in which it occurs most often, has a cylindrical pointed shape ... At its blunt, usually broken off end, there is a recess in the form of a funnel. If a belemnite is broken close to the top of a pointed funnel (which is very easy due to the fragility of belemnite, we will see that it consists of several concentric layers of calcareous gray-white matter, arranged in fibers extending from the circumference to the center. The transverse fracture of belemnite resembles a transverse section of a young tree branch The center of the belemnite fibers is not in the very middle, but closer to one side of it, usually somewhat flattened, on which there is often a furrow or a deepened channel ... This side, according to its probable relation to the animal itself, we will call the back.

As already mentioned, paleontologists are familiar not only with rostra, but also with imprints of soft parts of belemnite. But Roulier was in the habit of showing his students that well-founded assumptions about the general appearance can be made from a small fragment of a fossil animal. He draws analogies between the inner shell of a belemnite and the skeleton of a cuttlefish, as well as details internal structure some other living molluscs. About the lifestyle of prehistoric cephalopods, the scientist writes the following:

"It was strong marine predator, which, with an elongated, flattened body, quickly swam in the water and with its tentacles, which had hooks, held back its prey. The significant length of the belemnite skeleton shows that its animal had the same shape, therefore, it swam quickly in the open sea ... But in general, belemnite animals were coastal predators. Indeed, in the era when the belemnite animal lived (the middle prehistoric era, embracing the Jurassic and Cretaceous), the sea was inhabited by many lower animals, which brought him abundant food. The animal itself, in turn, served as food. big predators the sea of ​​that time - to gigantic sea lizards, striking us both in size, and in fantastic forms, and in an unexpected combination of parts that we now meet separately in various animals.

The fashion for collecting fossils as jewelry, souvenirs, and amulets has played a not unimportant role in the development of science. On the border of the XVIII-XIX centuries. there was a small professional group in England that made a living by collecting and selling fossils. The Anning family, who lived in the small seaside town of Lyme Regis, belonged to this category. The Annings kept a small shop in which they sold such curiosities. They collected goods for her in the coastal cliffs, involving their many children in this very exciting work. One of the girls, named Mary, showed a special talent for finding fossils. It was said that it was enough for her to knock on the rock to determine whether the remains of ancient animals or plants were contained there. In 1811, twelve-year-old Mary Anning discovered, near Lyme Regis, the skeleton of an unprecedented monster embedded in a coastal rock. The monster was 6 meters long and at first glance resembled predatory fish, but in reality had a number of characteristic differences in structure, indicating that it was a giant reptile. In particular, the shape of the head is more reminiscent of a crocodile than a shark. So the first one was found known to science ichthyosaur ("fish-lizard"). The Annings sold the find for £23. The amount, given the uniqueness of the goods, is not God knows what, but the modest family was satisfied.

Growing up, Mary did not leave her craft. Not having special education, over time, however, she learned to skillfully restore skeletons from fragments. Luck did not leave her. In 1824, the girl discovered another bizarre creature of considerable size. Most of all, it looked like a seal, but it had a long, swan-like neck. The naturalist William Canibir, who examined the find, established that this is also a reptile, and the closest relative of the creature found by Mary is not a seal at all, but a lizard. Caniber gave it the name "almost long-necked lizard" (Plesiosaurus dolihodeyrus). As you may have guessed, it was the now well-known plesiosaur. Mary fetched £92 for it. Henry de la Beche's drawing, based on Anning's sketches, excited Victorian audiences.

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Ammonite stone is a mineral of biological formation. The fossilized remains of mollusks look unusual. They give off a mother-of-pearl luster, attract with the mysteriousness of bends, a feature of spiral shapes.

History and origin of ammonite

The history of the stone originates from the legends and tales of antiquity. Three versions of origin are best known:

1. Ancient Egypt. The god Amon in the drawings is decorated with beautiful horns. The radiance of their curls is the personification of the connection with the Sun. The god Amon is the god of the sun. The ancient Greeks believed that minerals could give sweet dreams, voluptuous visions. The Romans later began to call the fossilized shells the horns of Amun.
2. In Ireland, other stories are associated with stones, which is why they call them petrified snakes. Their legends say that the fossil is snakes. The abbess of the monastery turned creeping reptiles into stones in order to protect the city and residents from their invasion. For this, she was introduced to the rank of saints. As proof of this legend, stone-cutters presented specimens of snake-headed fossils.
3. AT North America fossils are tied up by hunters. In their opinion. This is the mascot of the natives. The name is buffalo stones.

Various minerals found their place inside the remains. In Germany, ammonites are considered a stone of good luck. Finding an unusual natural creature means finding happiness and starting a new one. successful life. The Germans call the stone golden snails. Ammonitos is the name given to the minerals by the zoologist J. Brugier. Ammonites are included in the register of finds of paleontologists. The register is updated annually. More and more varieties of ammonites are being found, now there are more than 3 thousand of them.

Physical properties

Fossils formed during the time of the dinosaurs have survived to this day. Mollusks, arranging their dwelling, thought over the shape of the house. All sinks are different, they can be compared with familiar household items.

The common thing in their device is spiral structures:

• Clock springs;
• Ram's horn;
• Paper clips.

The internal structure is not so different. All sinks have chambers. Inside the chamber is the smallest in volume, closer to completion it increases. The endurance of shellfish has amazed people since ancient times. How many tricks they have to endure during the period of their lives, hiding in the chambers of their structure, protecting themselves from everyone in a cumbersome, compared to their size, shell.

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Place of Birth

Shells of natural mollusks are found in many areas of the Earth. Mineral formations of ammonite can be found in only one deposit. It is located in Canada, Alberta.

Fossils are sometimes found in such in large numbers that begin to test its truth. Relic shells were found in Adygea. A huge fossil was found in Bavaria. The spiral had a length of more than 2.5 meters.

The healing properties of ammonite

The healing stone has a meaning for a person, used by healers since the moment they were discovered and the first jewelry was created.

Diseases and disorders that are treated with ammonites:

1. sleep disorders;
2. Skin pathologies;
3. Violation of the quality of the structure of hair and nails;
4. Bronchial and lung infections.

Ancient Arabic treatises describe a means for returning the patient to the comfort of a night's rest. In order for the patient to stop waking up at night or earlier than the prescribed time, ancient healers ground the stones into powder. The drug helped not only to restore sleep and peace, but also increased reproductive function. The organism acquired a stable ability to conceive and bear a fetus.

In China today, ammonites improve the internal energy of a person. Non-traditional medical methods are popular in the country:

• Applicators;
• Massage.

An alternative technique returns health. All actions are based on the abilities of biological minerals. Massage and applicative overlays with ammonites stimulate the internal systems to correct work normalize blood flow. All massage actions are repeated on the body curls of organic education. They create a whirlwind of internal flows of the body. The swirling energy returns to its systems, gaining order and consistency. The inconsistency that caused the disease goes away. Healers believe that all pathologies first come from within, from internal imperfection. The properties of the stone are to return positive emotions.

The magical properties of ammonite

The magical properties of the stone were discovered by sorcerers and shamans of antiquity. They saw in the spiral bends a connection with the Universe. The spiral flow of time is the order established by the world. Everything goes in a circle, expanding, but returning in certain turns to the previous knowledge. Main property precious stone- establishing order, preventing chaos of thoughts, spontaneity of actions. magical powers ammonites help to get out of a confusing situation, to build life events in the correct chain. Understanding, awareness of the significance of important matters and the futility of other actions come to a person.

Talismans and amulets

The structure of the shell makes the talismans one of the most powerful. They are acquired by scientists, astronomers, art historians, archaeologists. The spiral repeats the construction of the Galaxy. Scientists put amulets at the head. At night, solutions to important problems, new thoughts and ideas come to them.

The ammonite amulet will become a guarantor family well-being, prosperity and happiness.

A mineral object on the desktop will help career growth, promotion. Moreover, this will take place without the envy and anger of colleagues. Everyone will notice the extraordinary logical essence of the actions of the owner of the amulet.

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Varieties and colors of ammonite

Rare samples of stones do not occur in the same size or pattern, as well as not repeating the exact color of the stone. Each copy is individual. The value depends on the minerals that filled the chambers. Often it is, less often -. Ammonite begins to shine like gold if there are pyrite impurities inside. Mother-of-pearl shine saturates the stone both from the outside and from the inside.

There are samples that are included in the calcite group. They fill the ammonite chamber with special inclusions. Simbircite has yellow and red tints. Appearance resembles or .

How to distinguish a fake?

There is no point in faking fossils. The cost of the sink is low. A complex pattern cannot be repeated. A photo of a stone will not always help the buyer. Financial investments will not give benefits and the master will lose more than he will gain. Jewelers prefer to work with the original. Any person can distinguish the imitation. No tests required special means and professional knowledge. A simple examination of the pattern will reveal a fake, and then you can buy a real jewelry stone.

Ammonite and zodiac signs

For the signs of the zodiac constellations, ammonites do not have special properties. They are suitable for all signs in the horoscope. Astrology has noticed the special possibilities of the mineral for professions. Ammonite is ideal for everyone whose activities are related to the sea.

The great value of the stone is suitable for people whose specialty or hobby is related to water:

• plumbers;
• ameliorators;
• submariners;
• divers;
• aquarists.

Before traveling on water, jewelry with ammonite is advised to everyone. Especially if a person is afraid of water, separation from the earth.

The signs of Water and Air can use the properties of the stone to their full potential, their compatibility is perfect. Fossilized specimens with chalcedony and calcite are suitable for Capricorns. Chambers with pyrite will become a talisman for Aries.

Ammonite - properties of the stone, photo and who suits the horoscope

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