Large Ammonite - Primordial Ocean Douvilleiceras - Height: 510 mm - Width: 410 mm- 21900 g - (1)

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Specimen: Large Ammonite – Primordial Ocean; Scientific name: Douvilleiceras; from Madagascar; measurements 510 mm high × 410 mm wide × 200 mm deep; weight 21,900 g.

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Douvilleiceras – Monument of the Ancient Sea — This great ammonite of the species Douvilleiceras, from Madagascar, is a fossil, a fragment of primordial ocean solidified in time. Its powerful spiral tells the journey of a cephalopod that plowed the seas of the Cretaceous, more than a hundred million years ago, when the world was populated by titanic creatures and the oceans sheltered life forms of extraordinary variety. The shell, with its nodose reliefs and compact geometry, embodies the strength of nature that molded it: not a delicate spiral, but a vigorous architecture, worthy of the tumultuous seas that hosted it. The sutures, incised like geological arabesques, together with the warm, earthy colors of fossilization, yield an object that is at once natural sculpture and paleontological document. Mounted on a decorative base in wood and metal, this Douvilleiceras is not only a scientific relic: it becomes the protagonist of a space, capable of transforming into a focal point of a collection, museum, or refined interior decor. Possessing it means safeguarding a natural monument, a direct witness of distant eras, when the ocean was the undisputed realm of ammonites. It is an invitation to contemplation and wonder, a fragment of geological time that today presents itself as an eternal work of art, born from the perfect alliance of sea, minerals, and time. Dimensions Ammonite: 410 x 380 x 155 mm

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Douvilleiceras – Monument of the Ancient Sea — This great ammonite of the species Douvilleiceras, from Madagascar, is a fossil, a fragment of primordial ocean solidified in time. Its powerful spiral tells the journey of a cephalopod that plowed the seas of the Cretaceous, more than a hundred million years ago, when the world was populated by titanic creatures and the oceans sheltered life forms of extraordinary variety. The shell, with its nodose reliefs and compact geometry, embodies the strength of nature that molded it: not a delicate spiral, but a vigorous architecture, worthy of the tumultuous seas that hosted it. The sutures, incised like geological arabesques, together with the warm, earthy colors of fossilization, yield an object that is at once natural sculpture and paleontological document. Mounted on a decorative base in wood and metal, this Douvilleiceras is not only a scientific relic: it becomes the protagonist of a space, capable of transforming into a focal point of a collection, museum, or refined interior decor. Possessing it means safeguarding a natural monument, a direct witness of distant eras, when the ocean was the undisputed realm of ammonites. It is an invitation to contemplation and wonder, a fragment of geological time that today presents itself as an eternal work of art, born from the perfect alliance of sea, minerals, and time. Dimensions Ammonite: 410 x 380 x 155 mm

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Details

Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Large Ammonite - Primordial Ocean
Mineral form
Douvilleiceras
Supplement
Monument of the Ancient Sea
Weight
21900 g
Country of origin
Madagascar
Height
510 mm
Width
410 mm
Depth
200 mm
ItalyVerified
14265
Objects sold
98.36%
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