ammonite partly from calcite and partly from clay?

Subject: ammonite partly from calcite and partly from clay?

Date: Tue Jul 4 03:32:49 2006
Posted by cohen
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
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Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1152009169.Es

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i have an ammonite that the inner whorls of the shell are made from calcite 
but the rest of the shell is made of clay or marl .the same ammonite but with 
differnt fossilization.how it can be?

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