Ammolite books

This book is a soft cover book of 23 pages, plus one page of 4 post cards. These post cards feature colored photographs of ammolite in finished form. Ammolite is written by Donna Barnson from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. $22.99

Ammolite 2: A Guide for Gemmologists, Jewelers and Lapidaries

By Donna Barnson

Published by Barnson, 2000

Softcover, color, 8” x 11”, 116 pages

$29.99

A well-illustrated chapter gives details on the cutting and polishing of ammolite. There is also a per-carat listing of prices on natural, stabilized, and triplet stones. The process of making the popular gem triplets is described. There are chapters on patterns, colors and even grading.

The best stones are mounted in distinctive gold jewelry. This book is signed by Donna Barnson!

This DVD about Ammolite is from the Stones of Fate and Fortune series and is called Birth of a Gem. This was shown on the Discovery Channel and is from 2003 and is 47 minutes. A must for any Ammolite collector or anyone interested in ammolite, ammonites and fossils.

Ammolite

Let yourself be carried away by the captivating beauty of the world's most rare and precious gem. Discover the sleeping beauty of the gem world - Ammolite

An awe inspiring gemstone with a uniquely beautiful story, Ammolite derives from the sehll of the 70 million year old ammonite. Ammonite fossils can be found around the world, but only in one small geographical location - southern Alberta, Canada -has the ancient shell recrystalized to form the world's newest official gemstone. It is only in this one location where the amazing rainbow of colors can be found.

Join us in a journey into the world of gems and jewelry. Discover the world of mineral science, exquisite artistry and glamour all in the quest for a geological "fluke of nature" in the form of a precious and exotic gemstone...Ammolite.

Green Fever: The Columbian Emerald 47 minutes

Getting emeralds from the mountains of Columbia to a jewelry store in Canada is a dangerous journey. From the remote emerald mines of Columbia to the city of Bogota, the crew filmed the miners, private emerald armies, brokers and dealers who trade emeralds on the streets of the city while avoiding gangs of jewel thieves in wait along the emerald's journey to the jewerly store

Treasure of the Outback Opal 47 minutes

We visit the searing Australian Outback to discover the geology of opal mining, and singular world of present day precious opal where water is brought in by tanker truck. And opal diggers and families live in underground homes that once were mines. We also visit Lightning Ridge, the most productive opal mine in Australia.

The Gem of Life Amber 47 minutes

We follow the trail of Amber from oozing, sticky tree resin millions of years ago, to the hands of amber dealers in Gdansk, Poland. We witness the drama and danger of the amber trade in the Baltic Region and visit the famous Amber Room in St. Petersburg.

Stones of Seduction Rubies and Sapphires 47 minutes

In Sri Lanka miners still use the traditional blowpipe to cure gemstones. In Thailand mechanized mining banned in Sri Lanka, is the rule; in Bo Ploi we find one of the largest sapphire mines in the world. Chantaburi is a world gem cutting center where western diamond cutting technology meets knowledge passed through generations of Thai cutters. In Bangkok, we visit the sleuths of the gem world in their quest to uncover fake stones.

Synthesizing The Stone Synthetics 47 minutes

The program takes the viewer down two parallel but different story lines - natural gemstones and synthetic stones, which are created through three major processes and shows the variations of these processes and why some respected laboratories deem their processes as highly secret.

Topaz of Brazil 47 minutes

Brazil is first in the richness and variety of it's gemstone deposits. The program focuses on imperial topaz, found in only one place of earth, a 60 square mile area called Ouro Preto, a tiny dot on the map that is the center of the world wide trade in the much prized imperial topaz.