Ammonite Fossil Pencil or Utensil Holder Madagascar

Manufacturer: OAkRocks
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Price: $48.00
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Ammonite Fossil from Madagascar Polished Pencil or Utensil Holder

Beautiful Ammonite and other fossils from Madagascar, cut into a cylinder pencil or utensil holder. The cup is one piece cored and the bottom is another piece. The inside is not polished. Great gift!

This is Ammonite from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) of Madagascar. Fossil Ammonite Desmoceras Latidorsatum, 100 million years old (Late Cretaceous Period).

Ammonites are extinct mollusks related to the modern squid, octopus and Chambered Nautilus. These creatures died out at the close of the Cretaceous Period, about sixty-five million years ago. Their exsistence on earth lasted for about 330 million years Their hard shells are found as fossils in many places throughout the world.

Ammonites were first called Ammon's Stones because of their resemblance to the ram's horns of Ammon, the ancient God of Life and Procreation.

This lovely item is almost 4 inches tall by 3 inches wide (2.75 inch opening).

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