Materials: Genuine, solid ammonite and Argentium Sterling Silver.

Argentium Sterling silver is a modern sterling silver alloy. It is a true Sterling silver and contains 92.5% silver just as all other Sterling Silvers do, however it has many advantages over normal Sterling Silver. Traditional Sterling is made with a 7.5% copper alloy to give it enough hardness to create jewelry with. Argentium Sterling Silver instead has an alloy of Germanium. This means that Argentium Sterling Silver is extremely tarnish resistant, is somewhat harder to scratch, and does not cause allergies in for most people that are sensitive to Sterling Silver. Nearly everyone that suffers from allergy problems with traditional Sterling Silver find that they do not experience problems with Argentium Sterling Silver. Further, because Argentium Sterling Silver does not produce firescale, it does not require chemical treatments like traditional sterling silver does and therefore is far more environmentally friendly.

Stone quality/specs: Solid Ammonite with a very good polish. While not flawless, the stone is stable with no notable cracks, chips, or structural problems. A sheen of irridescent rainbow colors plays over the surface in most areas.
Ammonites are an amazing gemstone and fossil in one. Millions of years extinct, the ammonite's closest living relatives are not the nautilus but probably are modern squids. When these animals died, some of their shells became fossilized over millions and millions of years, replaced with minerals. More rarely, some of these shells once polished displayed an amazing array of iridescence, similar to opal. This is a precious gemstone and due to its organic origins from this extinct animal, it is extremely limited. Once the ammolite is gone it is gone! Truly high grade ammlolite can sell more per carat than even the most precious diamonds. This ammonite has very nice iridescence.

Description: This is the nicest ammonite I've offered for sale to date. While not perfect, it's hard to find them too much nicer than this unless you have deep pockets! This stone has a great polish as far as irridescent ammonites go, and has some great colorplay. The fossil has lovely reds all over the polished shell, which fade to oranges, greens and yellows in some places. There is a hint of rainbow blue and violet near the inside of the shell's spiral. A lovely larger pendant.
Please take a look at the Video demonstrating the flash in this stone:


Recommended necklace size: This pendant does not come with a chain/necklace. This pendant will look nice on any size chain.

Size: Please see above photo for dimensions. Pendant is pictured with a U.S. Dime for size reference. (Hint: if you are having a hard time picturing the size of this pendant, scale the above photo so that the dime is the size of a real dime on your screen. The pendant will then be at actual size.)