Mar 6, 2019 · Hello! I'm a lover of Ammonites, in particular I adore the ones with the preserved iridescent layer of the mother of pearl. Because I don't have the knowledge and preparation of a professional, I would like to know if this specimen I recently bought is …

Apr 1, 2024 · Hello again helpful people! I am back requesting any information people can tell me about this ammonite I bought? I didn't previously have any suspicions about it being fake (and don't really understand how the pattern in the stone would be faked). However, I have since bought a trilobite from th...

Oct 12, 2022 · Does anyone know of the best public areas to collect ammonites in the U.S.? Ie., places like Lake Texoma where they allow you to collect ammonites on public land. I don’t really want to vacation in Texas this year and am looking for alternative places to collect at. Essentially looking for public...

Mar 30, 2016 · SCSeaGal15- It's fascinating that I was just looking at the ammonite I recently purchased, in Knoxville, at probably the same store if it is ETOC, and this particular post came up first in Google when I asked "how to determine if ammonite fossils are real". The one I purchased also looks surprisingly like yours and probably came from the same area.

May 5, 2017 · For Spring break we headed down to Texas for a vacation. My daughter has a love of ammonites and prehistoric marine reptiles, so I thought Texas would be a great place to hunt some fossils as well as do some general vacationing. We spent our first 5 days in Sherman as it seemed most centrally loc...

Aug 11, 2016 · Name: Cleoniceras besaiei Ammonite Time Period: Upper Early Cretaceous, Albian Stage Locality: Mahajanga Province, Madagascar This ammonite species is known as Cleoniceras, and the preservation is such that most of the original iridescent shell is preserved. The iridescence is a result of light p...

Jan 18, 2022 · Very pretty Ammonite Nacre appears iridescent because the thickness of the aragonite platelets is close to the wavelength of visible light. These structures interfere with different wavelengths of light at different viewing angles, creating the beautiful rainbow colours. Much like a light prisms.

Jul 24, 2015 · Hi all- Last weekend I had the honor of leading a group to a late Cretaceous ammonite site about an hour and a half from here. This is in the Rock River Formation in the Mesa Verde Group. Campanian in age, about 76 million years old. The fossils aere generally found in concretions. You have to ei...

Aug 24, 2022 · Does anyone know of any public access points to Spring Creek in Cooke County? I understand this is a prime spot to find ammonites, but I haven't been able to find a location on Spring Creek where the public can search. Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks!

Sep 2, 2018 · Ammonites and Goniatites are both Ammonoids, but indeed the goniatite suture lines are a lot less complex than the suture lines of the ammonites. They both have a ventral siphuncle, this is specific for al the ammonoids ( this includes: Bactrites, Goniatites, Ceratites, Ammonites ) Also Goniatites ar only found in the Paleozoic, and Ammonites only in the Mesozoic.