The Golden Ratio: Pyrite in Ammonite

An ammonite was a marine cephalopod (related to modern nautiluses, octopuses, and squid) that lived in the oceans between about 400 and 66 million years ago. They became extinct during the same event that ended the age of the dinosaurs.

After the animal died and was buried in sediment, the original shell was gradually replaced by pyrite, an iron sulfide mineral.

Pyritization: this process occurred in oxygen-poor seabed environments where sulfur-rich waters and iron combined over millions of years. Instead of dissolving away completely, the shell became preserved in shimmering metallic gold.

An ammonite was a marine cephalopod (related to modern nautiluses, octopuses, and squid) that lived in the oceans between about 400 and 66 million years ago. They became extinct during the same event that ended the age of the dinosaurs. Ammonite

What makes pyrite ammonites special is that, after the animal died and was buried in sediment, the original shell was gradually replaced by pyrite ("fool's gold"), an iron sulfide mineral.

Pyritization

This process occurred in oxygen-poor seabed environments where sulfur-rich waters and iron combined over millions of years. Instead of dissolving away completely, the shell became preserved in shimmering metallic gold.

This is the Golden Ratio. This is a cycle of time. This is the never-ending spiral. This is spiralic living. Honoring. 

This is gold embedded inside an ancient fossil. This is a wheel turning.

This is profound magic. 

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