Ammolite Sterling Silver Pendant

Ammolite is only mined in Lethbridge, Alberta , Canada. It was designated Canada’s birthstone for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. Many people mistake it for the black opal from Australia because of its beautiful colours.  Treasure Box has been selling Ammolite jewellery since 1984 . We get our stones directly from the mine and we choose each stone ourselves to set it into the perfect setting.

Ammolite is a very rare gemstone and has become quite valuable since its first discovery in 1983. It is cut from a large fossilized shell like creature , a nautilus , that lived during the dinosaur era.

The Ammolite gemstone is cut into many variety of shapes both in a natural free-form doublet and in a triplet. The Naturals are rarer and harder to find on the market. They are polished and cut following the natural shape of the stone along with the original host stone called matrix .  Ammolite is mostly found on the market as cabochons triplets with either quartz or spinel caps on top to protect the Ammolite stone when cutting it into a cabochon .This beautiful Ammolite cabochon triplet with a quartz cap has a striking rainbow of colours , blue, green, gold, orange, and red.