I am drawn to fossils. As a jewelry artist, I can think of nothing better than creating a wearable showcase for these ancient treasures. The ammonite has obvious visual appeal because of its spiral and its chambers. This special spiral, known as the logarithmic spiral, allowed the creature to grow from only one end (asymmetrically) and yet maintain its shape as it grows. The chambers allowed the predatory creature to control its buoyancy in order to hunt for food and hide from predatory birds. This ancient mollusk also possessed other fascinating characteristics that you can read about on The Cephalopod Page. Ammonites are believed to have become extinct during the K-T Asteroid extinction (the one that killed the dinosaurs)
65 million years ago.
Now that's vintage jewelry!
