Ammolite Properties

ˈa-mə-ˌlīt (līt)

Ammolite, the Stone of Prosperity & Good Fortune:

There has been much confusion between Ammonite and Ammolite in the metaphysical world, often falling on the side of describing the Ammolite and not the Ammonite.  Ammonite is not a gemstone, but rather a fossil. It’s name was inspired by the spiral shaped of the fossilized shells, being that of a tightly coiled ram’s horn. Pliny the Elder (circa 79 AD) referenced this name for the Egyptian God Ammon – who was typically depicted wearing rams horns.  It must also not to be confused with a Nautilus, which has a similar shape but an entirely separate make up.

Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals. The words ammonite and ammonoid are both used quite loosely in common parlance to refer to any member of subclass Ammonoidea. However, in stricter usage the term Ammonite is reserved for members of suborder Ammonitina (or sometimes even order Ammonitida).

Ammolite on the other hand, is an opalized version of the Ammonite; found primarily along the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains from the US and Canada.   These are the fossilized shells of the Ammonite; the opalization is formed by minerals filling in the sedimentary rocks or veins in rocks; it has also been known to replace organic materials in fossils, wood and shells, even bone.  The ‘opalilzed’ or iridescent Ammolites are comprised primarily of Aragonite, which is the same mineral that creates a nacreous Pearl.  Ammolite was given the official gemstone status in 1981 by the World Jewelry Confederation. This iridescence would not have been visible during the animal’s life, it is simply the coating or replacing of the shell by the opal.


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What are the Scientific Properties of Ammolite?

Mohs Hardness of 3.5-5 with a trigonal crystal structure (of the outer layer)

Originating from within the bactritoid nautiloids, the ammonoid cephalopods first appeared in the Devonian period (over 400 million years ago) and became extinct at the close of the Cretaceous period, along with the dinosaurs.

The classification of ammonoids is based in part on the ornamentation and structure of the septa comprising their shells’ gas chambers; by these and other characteristics subclass Ammonoidea is divided into three orders and eight known suborders. While nearly all nautiloids show gently curving sutures, the ammonoid suture line (the intersection of the septum with the outer shell) was folded, forming saddles/peaks and lobes/valleys.

Ammolites (going by the trade name Korite) are thin, iridescent layers of the ammonites fossilized shell.  The ammonites that become Ammolite lived primarily in an inland subtropical sea referred to now as the Western Interior Seaway, just east of the Rocky Mountains near Alberta Canada. Near the end of the Mesozoic era this sea receded, and all of the Ammonites died away. The remnants of the shells were eventually covered by volcanic ash and other sediments brought to the sea from rivers off the mountains. Pressed by these sediments (called Bentonite) the fossils were preserved and eventually became coated an morphed into the Ammolite. The iridescence of Ammolite is determined by the thicknesses of the crystallized layering and the resulting intensity of light diffraction.

What Are the Metaphysical Gemstone Properties of Ammolite?





What are the Metaphysical Healing Properties of Ammolite from Ancient Lore?


Believed to have absorbed cosmic energy from the universe, Ammolite is said to have beneficial effects on anyone near it.  It is known as the Seven Color Prosperity Stone, as it is said to hold all seven colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet/purple) and is said to bring the bearer growth, wisdom and wealth.

Told to be helpful in childbirth for both the mother and child, Ammolite enhances stamina and vitality as well as stabilizing one’s pulse/blood pressure.  Said to be helpful to lift depression and to regulate the metabolism.

What Are the Magical Properties of Ammolite?

Energy: Receptive
Element: Earth, Air, Water, Fire & Akasha
Planet: Jupiter
Powers:  Elemental Power, Longevity & Past Life Meditation
Candle Color: Green or Black

Due to the fact that Ammonite/Ammolites were once living beings, they are connected to Akasha, the fifth element.  These are tangible proof that in nature nothing is wasted; it shows how only manifestations of energy may be transmutable, but energy itself cannot be destroyed.


What are the Zodiac/Astrological Properties of Ammolite?

Zodiac Stone of: Capricorn

Associations: Saturn

Birthstone: Not a birthstone for any month

To dream of any fossil may mean that one needs to stabilize and add structure to one’s life.

What are the Chakra Healing Properties of Ammolite?

The Ammolite has an incredible Chakra representation; beginning with the Ammonite shell is a series of chambers with the siphuncle tube (which regulated the balance of water and gas in each section) connecting each of the chambers, the chakra system is actually quite similar.

Spiritual energy flows through the subtle body along channels called ‘nadi’, there are three main nadi in the human body one in the spinal column and two that flow and wrap around it; the chakras are located where the nadis intersect.  As well, with the snake symbolism of Ammonites, this also associates them with the Kundalini energy flow.

The chakra energy flows in a spiral, the Ammonite shell is in the form of a spiral.  Ammolites carry the full seven color spectrum of the chakra system, associated with each of the first seven chakras.

With that said, modern chakra workers associate the Ammolite with the 1st, Base/Root chakra, and believe that is here where the work needs to begin.

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