AMAZING AMMOLITE Ammolites date back 200 million years a shell sea creature with a squid like tail lived in the sea when the Rocky Mountains were below sea levels as they expired they were covered in mud and sand they last existed 70 million years ago. The Mountains were eventually pushed up to form The Bear Paw Formation in Southern Quebec once home of the Great Blackfoot Indian Tribe. They discovered the AMMOLITE around 1840 suffering starvation due to back to back winters they were reduced to eating whatever they could find while gathering moss from a cave wall a young Blackfoot girl discovered an Ammolite embedded in the cave wall. On returning to the Tribe she presented it to the Medicine Man within a week. The snow melted, and the Buffalo returned. The Ammolite was declared a sacred stone and named Buffalo Stone or in their language Inisskim. However, in 1850, white men arrived 6000 Blackfoot Indians died from smallpox infection that arrived with the white man.The weakened Blackfoot Tribe was pushed off their land to reservations in the North. The Ammolite found its way to the Royal Courts of Europe and soon became an exciting, expensive gem. However it was not official declared a gemstone till 1981 and is 99%controlled by one mining company in Southern Quebec hence the price is extremely high 500 to 10 thousand dollars is not uncommon as its considered one of the Rarest Gemstones on earth This Amazing Pendant is from a Batch I acquired in 1970s and have decided to finally set into Sterling Silver Pendants you will not be disappointed its a AA Grade with excellent colour size is 36x15 mm including the bail measurement its 25carats I can assure you this is a very high quality peice and INCLUDES CERTIFICATION AND FREE FAST DELIVERY TRACKED DELIVERY FROM OUR MANCHESTER WORKSHOP BUY SAFE BUY U.K