Rainbow Ammolite
This rare iridescent stone is in fact the fossilized shell of ammonites, the invertebrate organisms which became extinct approximately 65 million years ago.
As ammolite is formed through an organic natural process, it is known as a biogenic gemstone. Ammolite gemstones are primarily composed of aragonite. In addition to this element, you can find pyrite, calcite, silica and many other elements in their composition.
Each trace element plays a role in offering ammolite gemstones their mesmerizing iridescence. Often compared to the rainbow, ammolite shines in hues of violet, blue, green, orange, red, and yellow. Each of these colors can be assigned to the trace elements present in the gemstones: aluminum, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese and chromium.
Yet, the most important element is aragonite. Each layer of aragonite refracts a different light. Ammolite gems with thicker aragonite layers have a more pronounced green and red refraction. Those with thinner layers refract violet and blue.
The ammolite meaning stands for intuitive knowledge, grounding and prosperity. This gemstone has such a rich history of uses in every culture of the world that it’s difficult to pick just one ammolite meaning and focus on it.
The gem has been used by native North American tribes primarily for its healing properties and to guide hunters. In every ancient culture of the world, ammolite was associated with great deities, usually horned ones.
The ammolite stone is a stone of perfection. Fibonacci or Leonardo di Pisa, the famous 13th century Italian mathematician spoke of the sequence of numbers which is the building block of nature’ creations and evolution. The shell of the extinct ammonites are the perfect representation of the golden mean spiral, the depiction of the Fibonacci sequence of numbers.
Knowledge, wisdom and perfection are the three attributes best ascribed to the ammolite meaning. A direct representation of the golden mean spiral, ammolite gemstones are believed to hold the energies of the universe.
Ancient Egypt is the source for the name 'Ammonite'. Ammon was an Egyptian god who considered the mollusks to be divine. Ammon was represented with the head of a ram featuring the spiral horns, so reminiscent of the twisted shape of an ammonite shell.
Ammolite has been named the 'Seven Colour Prosperity Stone' by feng shui masters. Ruby, Crimson, Fiery Orange, Amber Yellow, Emerald Green, Jade, Azure and Mauve all inhabit the swirling, iridescent depths of the gemstone. Ammolites' colourful radiance is especially important in that each colour is bequeathed with unique attributes. Reds represent love, stimulates energy and growth, oranges enhance creativity and increases libido, yellows are auspicious for wealth, green represents fertility, encourages entrepreneurship and improves intellect and wisdom, blue embodies peacefulness and calmness and promotes health, purples support power and authority. Our bodies and spirits reap rewards from every magical colour in an Ammolite gemstone.
Good luck and prosperity have been symbolized by shells for many decades in the Far East. Shells are believed to summon and accumulate wealth and prosperity and are a representational symbol for abundance. They are regarded as a means of enhancing clarity, capable of evoking wisdom in decision making and harmonious cooperation.
Uses and Purposes:
Crystal healing practitioners and Feng Shui teachers use ammolite as the means to personal awakening and harmonizing with our environment, both spiritual and worldly. It is believed that ammolite gems help with understanding the cycles of creation and evolutionary shifts.
Wearing ammolite jewelry is known to strengthen the will and appetite for living life to the fullest. As such, ammolite’s healing properties are beneficial for clearing the mind of negative emotions and feelings. The gemstone is used in healing therapies for treating depression or other similar affections. In Feng Shui therapies, ammolite is thought to help with detoxification and cleansing of the body.
Crystal healing practitioners praise ammolite for its extraordinary representation of the chakra system. As the ammonites shell is the representation of the golden mean spiral, so too the ammolite stone is a representation of evolution and balance.
In the chakra system, spiritual energy flows through all the chakras. When one is blocked or isn’t balanced with the rest, imbalance makes its way in our lives. Ammolite helps overcome these barriers and channels all the energies in one synergistic flow. Despite being associated with the root chakra, ammolite is in fact a stone for all the seven main chakras of the human body.
This stone is usually used by crystal healers and feng shui teachers to bring about personal awakening.
It will show you how you can harmonize with your environment on a physical and spiritual level.
The energies of this stone will help you have a better understanding of the cycles of creation and the necessary evolutionary shifts.
Ammolite is a very protective stone.
This stone will give you very strong protective energies that will help you survive any kind of challenge, problem, trauma, or even catastrophe.
It will give you the strength of body, mind, and spirit.
The energies of this stone will also support you as you find your spiritual path. It also has the ability to make you remember your past lives.
Correspondences:
Goddesses: Unknown
Birthstone: None
Color Energy: Rainbow
Zodiac Stone of: Capricorn, Aquarius
Planetary Stone of: N/A
Chakra: Root
Element: Earth