Trilobite & Spinel Sterling Silver Adjustable Ring
This sterling silver wrap style ring is set with a fascinating and unique Elrathia Trilobite fossil and companion Black Spinel.
Though best worn at approximately size S (UK) or 9¼ (US), the ring will size a little up or down due to the open design of the band, without drastically compromising the original design concept too much.
You will receive one (1) ring for this listing. Trilobites are natural and will vary slightly in appearance and size, but are all approximately 8x6mm on these rings. Spinel gemstones are 6x4mm.
Comes presented in a quality Two Skies jewellery pouch with Trilobites story card, ready for gifting.
Dug by hand in Utah, this Elrathia species, Trilobite fossil is a remarkable, hard-shelled, segmented creatures that existed over 520 million years ago in the Earth's ancient seas! Although all extinct now, (they went extinct before dinosaurs even came into existence!) they represent among the first explosions of biological diversity that this amazing planet of ours has generated over time.
Until the early 1900s, the Ute Native Americans of Utah wore these trilobites, which they called pachavee (little water bug), as amulets. A hole was bored in the head and the fossil was worn on a string. According to the Ute themselves, trilobite necklaces protect against disease and bullets.
