SiS: EXQUISITE FAT Puzosia 3.6" Ammonite - Sutured Fossil Gemstone!

We made an amazing find last year and are very excited to be able to share it.  This incredible fossil is a Puzosia ammonite from Madagascar.  The deposit these fossils are found in is middle cretaceous which is thought to be about 70 to 125 million years old.  This fatter and thicker species of ammonite is less seldom encountered in the Madagascar digging sites than other varieties. The wider aperture where the creature lived in the shell is particularly well suited to this type of dramatic preparation where the sutures are revealed in intricate detail.  The creatures grew remarkably fast and would add several segments per year, with each segment delineated by the flowery suture growth pattern you now see in this carefully prepared specimen.  I'd seen these incredible fossils before as one of the species that is often polished just below the shell to reveal an incredible play of opal like iridescent fire.  But the artisan that prepared this fossil had a very different vision for ho