Description: Welcome to Pioneer Fossils A Certificate of Authenticity, which has a photo on it of the exact item you purchased, will accompany the specimen. Here is a large, extremely rare and stunningly beautiful piece of ammolite, polished on one side. It is from an ancient ammonite, from the Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago. The species of ammonite was Placenticeras. What makes it special is the bite mark by a Mosasaur tooth on it (see the dark circle). Do you remember the Mosasaurus from the Jurassic World movies? Apparently they also liked to much on ammonites. In addition, there is possibly a part of a second, third and fourth tooth marks also by a Mosasaur (see notes in photo 2). This specimen is about 3.86 inches at greatest length (98 mm.), and weighs 97 grams (3.4 oz.). It is from the famous Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada. Though most people I am aware of figure this and similar marks to be a tooth of a Mosasaur, some think it to be a mark from a small marine snail called a limpet, attaching itself to an ammonite. The debate continues, but a 2001 study concluded these marks most probably matched a Mosasaur tooth rather than a limpet. This gorgeous solid piece contains, in our opinion, emerald green, blue, amber, yellow amber and a bit of orange. The piece is shown in bright light. Like all ammolite, it needs bright light to make its colors come "alive". Looking at ammolite on a nice sunny day in direct sunlight works very well. The beautiful colors will appear to look differently, in some cases, depending on the angle they are viewed from. There are 5 different materials made of organic substances that are officially recognized as gem material. These are amber, coral, jet, pearl, and most recently, ammolite has been added to the list. Rare and less are being found all the time.We invite you to visit our store. Once inside our store, you will see about a thousand items for sale, and we hope you will love them. We sell items ranging from budget to superb. If you like what we have to offer, please follow our shop by adding us to your favorite Saved Sellers! Just click on the heart. It is the easiest way for you to look us up in the future. You will receive the exact item described and photographed, unless clearly stated otherwise. This item, along with all items we sell, is intended for responsible adults. Please keep out of reach of young children. We will ship this only to the United States. We are not responsible if the buyer reships it somewhere else, after receiving it from us. Our responsibility ends at the destination we ship it to. If you take it out of the United States, you are on your own. COMBINED SHIPPING: We make every effort to combine shipping costs and we refund any overpayment back to you, on the same day we ship the item. We have given hundreds of partial refunds for combined shipping savings. We will do our best to combine purchases to save shipping costs. In some cases, that is easy, in some cases, not as much. Our items are of vastly different sizes and weights, but we never use shipping as a profit center. We would rather refund the shipping overpayment back to you, and have a happy buyer. We are happy to enclose a COA (Certificate of Authenticity). Some words of caution about COA’s: Do not let them become a substitute for learning about the specimens. We have been working with fossils and minerals for many years, and we have seen hundreds of very nice-looking COA’s, some that are wrong, mis-describing a specimen. Have you ever received a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) that had no photo on it of the item you purchased? A COA should be specific to one particular specimen, with a photo of the item on it. At Pioneer Fossils, all of our fossils and minerals that come with a COA, have a photo of the exact item you just purchased. It can never be transferred to a different specimen. ****************************************************************************************************************************************** IMPORTANT: If you are not satisfied with your order, please contact us, and let us make it right, before giving any feedback. We want to make sure you are fairly treated by us always. *********************************************************************************************************************************** On shipments with values of $200 or more, a signature will be required. If your item is less than $200 and you want a signature at delivery, please notify us of that, at the time of purchase. Return Policy: If you are not satisfied with your item, please contact us within 72 hours of receiving the item. We'll refund your purchase price, minus shipping charges, upon safe return of the item to us in original condition (item cannot be altered or damaged) within 30 days of buyer’s receipt of item. Failure to contact us within 72 hours of receipt of item, voids this offer. Buyer is responsible for all return shipping charges. 5815.YF2UGIUG2UGG%KUG storage XX
Price: 389.95 USD
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
End Time: 2024-02-06T20:01:30.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
