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Lot 4453W
Opalescent Ammonite in Matrix
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16 May 2018, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesUS$20,000 - US$25,000
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Opalescent Ammonite in Matrix
Placenticeras meeki
Cretaceous
Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada
Revealed in the dark shale matrix in which it was discovered, a beautifully preserved ammonite displays brilliant greens, reds, gold and even some blue coloration. Blue colors are uncommon in this type of ammonite. Ancestor to the modern chambered nautilus, ammonites have existed for nearly 330 million years, yet few fossil ammonites approach the beauty of specimens from this locality. Exhibiting the brilliant opalescence of the most covetable specimens from the Bearpaw Formation, the present nicely inflated example shimmers in dramatic contrast to the matrix. Ammonite diameter measuring 7 1/2 x 5 3/4in; Matrix measuring 21 x 14 1/2 x 2in
Cretaceous
Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada
Revealed in the dark shale matrix in which it was discovered, a beautifully preserved ammonite displays brilliant greens, reds, gold and even some blue coloration. Blue colors are uncommon in this type of ammonite. Ancestor to the modern chambered nautilus, ammonites have existed for nearly 330 million years, yet few fossil ammonites approach the beauty of specimens from this locality. Exhibiting the brilliant opalescence of the most covetable specimens from the Bearpaw Formation, the present nicely inflated example shimmers in dramatic contrast to the matrix. Ammonite diameter measuring 7 1/2 x 5 3/4in; Matrix measuring 21 x 14 1/2 x 2in
Saleroom notices
Catalogue correction: in the last sentence the body copy the text should read "nicely preserved" rather than "nicely inflated".

