Ammonite - an interesting stone, able to interest anyone who loves to watch the creations of nature and study them, collect. Mineral itself once served as a sink-house for giant clams. They existed on Earth even in the era of the dinosaurs, in fact, appeared before these living beings. Fossil same mineral began about 200 million years ago.
Description
Interest in the Ammonites and celebrated by lovers of rare stones, and on the part of scientists. It's really interesting natural creation, which looks like a work of art. Impossible to find two identical shells: the analogy with snowflakes and fingerprints of human hands is not accidental. If you have a collection will Ammonite, you can be sure - another of exactly the same no one else.
It unites all instances of fossils only bizarre spiral shape, resembling a spring of the clock, ram's horn, or even a paper clip. Each shell inside consists of sections (chambers), and these in turn are separated by partitions. The lowest is located at the base, the closer the output, the more the size of partitions.
More interesting to assume as a clam, wherein softness, coexisted with such a complex device for the sink.
Varieties
Age ammonite has 200 million years. For such a venerable term mineral changed, which led to a considerable number of types of stone. On average Ammon is a smooth, pleasant to touch surface coated pearl. In this mother of pearl - different shades of grooves that are not repeated. You can find ammonite of any size, from very small to huge.
Coloring depends on the color of the mineral, stone caught in the chamber. Usually the leaders are blue, green, orange and yellow hues that are inside the calcite and chalcedony. If in the camera "wormed" pyrite ammonite surface will shine like gold. Luck is considered to find a rare combination of minerals: there are examples that relate to the calcite group. If ammonite simbirtsitom filled, it can be confused with amber and carnelian. All the matter in the same pyrite, a mineral which gives a yellow-red color.
confusion often arises between ammonites and ammolitom, the latter is a species of ammonite. To obtain it requires special conditions and very time consuming. So, ammolitom properly called a stone, formed as a result of mineralization of ammonite shells in the composition of rocks. But what unites everything ammonite species, so this pearl spray. It will be present in the inner and in the outer portion of the stone.
And no matter how many years he spent underground.
History
French explorer J. Bruges, at the end of the XVIII century, gave a stone name under which he is now known. But the origin of the stone, his magical properties, wonderful stories with it are connected - this is a whole layer of information, speculations, scientific and The historical assumptions that make the study of the stone even more fascinating.
- In ancient Egypt, the God of Amon, who was considered the patron of the universe. It was similar to the Aries with peculiar to those twisted horns. And these horns, which were spiral curls, were considered something divine. The Romans picked up this legend in the sense that the stone, known to us today as ammonit, was called Amon's Horn.
- In Ireland to this day, this stone is sometimes called petrified snake. And all because of a long-standing legend, which speaks of the priority of the monastery, who managed to save the village from the attack of snakes. She turned the reptiles into the stones than they deserve the rank of themselves to the face of the saints. Many residents are seriously related to legend, because even the Kamnenes sometimes show fossils with snake heads.
- In Germany, the one, as the ammonite found, considered him a gold snail. And it was very good to adopt, as if, along with a stone, you did happiness, good luck, a new life.
Paleontologists can stay long at the ammonite deposits. These stone they consider the surprising subject of study. To date, the number of stone varieties is about 3000.
Application
Why ammonite is not a choice for a mass consumer? Yes, it does not look like sapphire or diamond, but this is not a stone luxury collection. If you like this amazing artifact, it means you will probably be interested in fighting in history, and you admire the fact that you have something from prehistoric times in your hands. Just think: the ammonite found dinosaurs, and tree plants. Yes, and the sink itself seems to be an elegant work of art, it is not believing that this is a natural cut that the sink did not man.
Organic stones are well suited in the manufacture of pendants, brooches, beads, earrings, rings. The shells themselves are motley, picturesque. Usually gifts with such a stone are appreciated by artists, creative nature.
They admire this unique natural design, and they know how to decorate themselves with such a wonder.
If the instance is large, it is usually cut, then dissipated, purified from impurities and clay. This is done in order for the pearlistic essence of the ammonite to appear to the world. With such beautiful pieces of the sawn stone decorate not only jewelry, but also coffee tables, fireplaces, hours, aquariums. If you are a beginner collector, collect minerals from all over the Earth, an attractive ammonite must appear in your collection.
Magic stone
Spiral, shell of stone is an eternity symbol common in many cultures. In the Indians these seashells were used to conduct special magic rituals. For example, if the stranger became a vital necessity, they could cause it just with the help of the ammonite, which they, however, called the Bizonon Stone. With the help of the sink, they found the source of the river. It was sure to take a stone with me and hunting - it was believed that he brings good luck and protects against risks. Even today, some hunters are given ammonites. These are the other magic properties ascribed a stone in ancient times.
- Longevity . It was believed that the one who honors this stone and wears it will live for a long time.
- Clairvoyance . It also suggested that the stone could develop the primarily of clairvoyance in man.
- Communication with a thin world. The stone seemed to allow people to carry out spiritual sessions.
If you make an amulet mineral, it can become a very strong talisman. The symbolic meaning of ammonite is good luck, attracting welfare, calm in the family. And they say that ammonites are healing stones. But whether he can be healing depends on the mineral found in Ammonit. Since the chemical composition of fossils is strictly natural, such mining can really affect the state of a person.
Lithotherapeuts assure: fossil can help in the treatment of blood disease, it can cure skin diseases, increase immunity, give new protection against stress. It is said that if you keep the ammonite in the bedroom, it is able to help and in the fight against insomnia . And the stone is able to help in the problems of reproductive nature. Shamans and sorcerers believed that the fossil was creating special vibrations - they seem to reboot the body, make it work on a new way.
Chinese practices
Special attitude to ammonites from Chinese doctors, more precisely, those specialists we could call representatives of alternative medicine. They believe that the stone will allow to establish an internal "frustrated" power of man. It is known that many in China are resorted to treatment with applicators and massages, and biological minerals in this sense are used very widely.
Chinese doctors believe that massage with ammonite appliqués can configure the internal systems to the correct mode of operation, may normalize the blood flow. Interestingly, all massage movements that specialist makes curls of this biological education on the human body. What is it for? To create a vortex of internal body streams. Energy, swirling and updated by moving, returns to the original position, which leads to the balance sheet.
Doctors believe that the failure, which led to the disease, leaves.
If you hold a parallel with the opinion of many signs that any internal (spiritual) imperfection leads to disease, the way to return this constancy, calm, even energy can be massage. As a consequence, diseases leaves. Representatives of the same evidence-based medicine often advise their patients with psoriasis and skin diseases to wear decorations with ammonite. There is an opinion that the stone helps to overcome Scarlacin and Kor.
About fakes and real stones
There are no strict prohibitions on the wearing ammonite: it is not able to harm anyone. But still weighs, waterwords, cancer, scorpion and fish fossil will be more. Capricorn is worthwhile to wear this sink, if she is filled with Chalacedon. All significant characteristics remain only in this ammonite. But to worry about whether you don't have to fake. Artificial stones, oddly enough, will cost more - a lot of effort will need to repeat the intended nature.
The fossils themselves are inexpensive, therefore it makes no sense to produce a synthetic product for the natural. Other rickens find seekers throughout the Earth. An amazing mineral education, which is called ammonite, is only at one point of the planet in Albert province, which is located in Canada.
Similar relic seashells were found in Adygea, the fossils found huge sizes in Bavaria.
Who comes up?
It is believed that blue (and other types of stone too) ammonite is perfect for people whose work is connected with water. These can be plumbers, swimmers, divers, aquarists, land reclamation, divers. If you are going to make a water journey, the ammonite can be a faithful amulet.
There are cases when psychotherapists who worked with patients who fear water involved in ammonite therapy. The stone was first used indirectly - it could simply lie on the table, etc. Then he served as a guide, which would probably guarantee a person that protects it from disasters related to water.
If you are calm about the jewelry of the luxury-category, and all interesting, prehistoric fossils, minerals make you tremble, you will like the ammonite.
It will decorate the collection, will become a highlight in the interior decor, or will acquire its place in a native decoration.
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