{"title":"Ammolite Jewelry by KORITE","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a recent trip to Utah, I came across a pendant in a shop in Park City. The stone shone with the colors of the rainbow with the most remarkable depth, like a intense rainbow opal. I left the shop without buying the necklace, but I couldn't stop thinking about it - so I turned around, went back, and bought it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis stone, I came to learn, is known as ammolite. It began as the nacre layer - like mother of pearl - in the shells of ammonites that lived over 70 million years ago in an ancient sea that is now Alberta, Canada. Over millions of years, the ammonite shells were fossilized by a blend of minerals that led to the brilliant reds, greens, golds, and even blues and purples of ammolite gems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe largest miner of ammolite in the world is an indigenous- and woman-owned company called KORITE. The mine - barely the size of two football fields - is found on Indigenous lands, and it is mined with the highest of ethical standards, with a deep commitment to fully restoring an area once it has been mined of the gem. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was so impressed both by the stone itself and the company that I had to bring it to you. Every piece of jewelry is guaranteed for life by KORITE against defects in material or workmanship. Each ammolite item you see is unique, and the photo is the actual item you will receive. Yes, this means I have only one of each item you see listed here, so if a piece speaks to you, it is the only one! You will receive precisely the jewelry you select - no surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ammolite-oval-pendant","title":"Ammolite Oval Pendant (Final Sale)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventy million years ago, in a shallow inland sea that covered what is now the Canadian Rockies, ammonites lived and died by the millions. Their coiled shells sank into the sediment, and then something extraordinary happened — tectonic pressure, mineral infiltration, and an almost incomprehensible stretch of time transformed those shells into ammolite, one of the rarest gemstones on earth. It is not mined so much as excavated, layer by careful layer, from the Bearpaw Formation in southern Alberta. No two pieces carry the same color. No two pieces ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes ammolite so unusual is the way it handles light. The gem is composed of thin, stacked layers of aragonite — the same mineral that gives mother-of-pearl its glow — but compressed and angled in ways that produce a shifting, full-spectrum iridescence. Greens roll into blues, reds flare into gold, and the colors change depending on the angle of your gaze. Geologists call this phenomenon chromatic shift. Jewelers call it mesmerizing. KORITE, a woman-owned company based in Alberta and one of the world's foremost ammolite specialists, has been cutting and setting these gems for decades, working directly with the geological source to ensure every stone meets a standard worthy of its origin story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fossil you can wear around your neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pendant features a single oval ammolite cabochon set in sterling silver, measuring just under three-quarters of an inch long and three-eighths of an inch across at its widest — intimate in scale, but alive with color that commands attention well beyond its size. The sterling chain adjusts from 16 to 18 inches, letting you place it exactly where you want it. At 3 grams total, it sits against the skin with almost no weight at all. The setting is hypoallergenic and nickel-free. Please note this piece is final sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted by KORITE in Alberta, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KORITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43442191794223,"sku":"030-N-10006","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/1065\/8863\/files\/KoriteP02611.png?v=1733095129"},{"product_id":"ammolite-oval-earrings","title":"Ammolite Oval Earrings (Final Sale)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventy-one million years ago, the shallow sea that covered what is now western Alberta was teeming with ammonites — coiled cephalopods that drifted through warm Cretaceous waters like living spirals. When the sea retreated and the creatures fossilized, something extraordinary happened. Mineralization, tectonic pressure, and tens of millions of years transformed their nacre into something found nowhere else on earth: ammolite, a gemstone that carries the entire visible spectrum inside a single surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly one place in the world produces gem-quality ammolite — a narrow geological formation along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. The Blackfoot people called it Iniskim, the buffalo stone, and considered it powerful medicine. Today it remains one of the rarest organic gemstones known, recognized by the World Jewellery Confederation only in 2004. Each stone is unique, its color determined by the exact depth and compression of its ancient aragonite layers — no two pieces will ever shift light the same way. KORITE, a woman-owned operation based in Alberta, has spent decades perfecting the art of cutting and setting these stones, working directly at the source to ensure every piece meets a standard worthy of something that took seventy-one million years to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeology you can wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach earring features a hand-selected oval ammolite cabochon set in sterling silver, with a clean bezel that lets the stone do all the talking. At three-quarters of an inch from the post, they sit close and luminous — the kind of earring that catches someone's attention mid-conversation without announcing itself. Each earring weighs 3 grams, giving them a grounded, quality feel without any heaviness. The posts are hypoallergenic, and the settings are built to protect these ancient, irreplaceable stones for decades of daily wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade in Alberta, Canada by KORITE.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KORITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43442240159791,"sku":"030-E-10009","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/1065\/8863\/files\/D37F0091-D929-4885-A974-2A752EE00CDD.jpg?v=1733097029"}],"url":"https:\/\/haroldandhazel.live\/collections\/ammolite-jewelry-by-korite.oembed","provider":"Harold \u0026 Hazel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}