'Genuine' ammolites, 2 pieces to choose from 0.9x0.4x0.1 to 12x0.5x0.2 mm, magnificent multi-colored reflections, very beautiful pieces, perfect for jewelry, collection, exhibition...!
Pendant mounting (closed setting, copper/silver wire, or glued to support)
Handcrafted Jewelry : Perfect base for spiritual or symbolic creations
Collectible : Displayed on a stand to highlight the reflections
Personal Talisman : Associated with energetic protection and intuition
Today in lithotherapy, we continue to attribute these virtues to opal .
It would calm and soothe, promote love and tenderness, and improve the love life of Gemini and Aquarius.
It would open the mind to spiritual life and restore vitality to tired people.
Ammolites can be almost any color you can imagine and often all on the same gemstone.
Green and red are the most common colors while blue and purple are rarer occurrences.
The most valuable ammolites exhibit vivid colors in two or three shades, each color having good coverage of the gemstone's surface.
Colors should be visible when you turn the stone in all directions and should be able to be described as vivid, bright, brilliant, reflective, or dazzling.
What causes the color of ammolites?
Ammolites are composed of a variety of chemicals, including aluminum, chromium, copper, and iron, but unlike other gemstones, this does not cause the wide range of colors they display.
The color is caused by interference, much like what you've probably seen in soap bubbles or oil in a puddle.
The surface of ammolite reflects a variety of beautiful colors when illuminated by natural or artificial light.
The color it shows depends on the thickness of the ammolite - we're talking thicknesses of just a few microns, but this has a huge effect on the colors we see.
Thinner surfaces have a little more distance to travel than slightly thicker layers, plus light waves from these different depths interfere with each other, producing all the different colors displayed.
Thicker layers produce reds and greens and are more durable, thinner layers highlight blues and purples and are more delicate and prone to breakage, so they are less common and more valuable.
Each color of ammolite represents a different layer of the gem material.
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