The origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell — are reported in research published in Scientific Reports. The colours of ...

At IFLScience, we often like to talk about the Mantelpiece Of Dreams, a line-up of rare geological trinkets we’d like to shine down on us as we sit on the sofa (were it not for, you know, ethics).

The origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell — are reported in research published in Scientific Reports. The colours of ...

Beneath the shale beds of southern Alberta lies one of Earth’s most extraordinary natural treasures, a gemstone that captures light as vividly today as it did when dinosaurs roamed. Known as Ammolite, ...

Some fossils of long-extinct sea creatures display brilliant rainbow colors. Known as ammolite, these gems come from the fossilized shells of ammonites, squid-like marine animals that vanished with ...

As ammolite is set to become Alberta’s official gemstone, stores are reminding buyers that they can pick up their own sample of ammolite in Jasper. Ammolite is a vibrant gemstone formed from an ...