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A SPLIT AMMONITE
VOLGA RIVER, RUSSIA
The 12-inch specimen of Speetoniceras sp. from the Jurassic (201-145 million years ago) split and polished to reveal internal chambers, some naturally filled with a bright orange calcite others lined with pyrite, surrounded by lustrous pyrite lines, the reverse sealed and revealing ridges of shell supported on custom stands.
13 ½ x 12 x 5in. (34 x 30.5 x 13cm.)
VOLGA RIVER, RUSSIA
The 12-inch specimen of Speetoniceras sp. from the Jurassic (201-145 million years ago) split and polished to reveal internal chambers, some naturally filled with a bright orange calcite others lined with pyrite, surrounded by lustrous pyrite lines, the reverse sealed and revealing ridges of shell supported on custom stands.
13 ½ x 12 x 5in. (34 x 30.5 x 13cm.)
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