Plate 169
Ammonite
An ammonite, cut in half and polished, scanned and drawn with splats.
- Family
- Photoreal
- Origin
- Raised from a recipe
- Habit
- Diurnal: kept on the page
- Voice
- Yes, with the sound on
- Licenses
- CC0
How to play
Tap it to turn it over; drag to turn it yourself.
Notes
Ammonites were sea animals with coiled shells divided into chambers, relatives of today's nautilus and squid; they died out with the dinosaurs. In this one the empty chambers filled with quartz and chalcedony over millions of years.
Tap it and it turns over to show its other face, then back.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turn it over | Tap | ||
| Turn it over | Button |
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonite mineralised with quartz and chalcedony | Virtual Museums of Małopolska | CC0 1.0 |