Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 17.5 × 14cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar ACRIDIDAE how these specimens formed

how these specimens formed

Impressive Size - Large 90-100mm specimens create dramatic visual impact

These are collectors-quality beetles suitable for professional displays

Each geode is then split and polished through the centre

These specimens are perfectly suited for natural history collections

Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 17.5 × 14cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar ACRIDIDAE how these specimens formed115 Million Years of Natural Architecture Ammonites were cephalopod molluscs relatives of today's nautilus and squid that dominated the world's oceans for over 300 million years before their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. Named after the ram horned Egyptian god Ammon, whose coiled horns their shells resemble, they ranged in size from a few millimetres to over two metres in diameter. This matched pair, sourced from Madagascar and