Ooh, pretty

[jethrien]

We got a new ammonite at the museum (think fossilized snail shell). They're usually shell-sized, maybe handsized, maybe a really large one as big as your head. The rare ones are a bit iridescent - people make jewelry out of them, like amber.

Ours is over two feet in diameter, it looks like. And fantastically iridescent - there's a full rainbow, all the way from red through purple. It's so dazzling it's almost gaudy. This thing is just jaw-droppingly gorgeous. I actually thought it was some kind of metallic painted pottery from across the room.

Shiny!

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I will have to divert through the museum soon to see it. I loves me some fossils! Especially the pretty ones. Because I'm totally shallow like that.