Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word AMMOLITE
AMMOLITE
Definitions of AMMOLITE
- A rare and valuable opal-like gemstone, made of the fossilized shells of ammonites.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using AMMOLITE in a Sentence
- These include Placenticeras meeki, Placenticeras intercalare, Hoploscaphites, and Sphenodiscus, the baculite Baculites compressus and the bivalve Inoceramus, some of which are mined south-central Alberta to produce the organic gemstone ammolite.
- Ammolite comes from the fossil shells of the Upper Cretaceous disk-shaped ammonites Placenticeras meeki and Placenticeras intercalare, and (to a lesser degree) the cylindrical baculite, Baculites compressus.
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