Elongated fossilized remains in the form of a bullet or a finger can be found on the banks of rivers, in quarries and simply in steppe fields. It was precisely because of their shape that they were nicknamed “devil’s fingers”.

An order of extinct invertebrate animals from the rank of cephalopods existed in the Mesozoic era from Triassic to Cretaceous. Their population peaked during Jurassic period.

Belemnite rostra, sometimes called “devil’s fingers” or “thunder arrows”, were known to people of ancient times. Even primitive people believed them to have magical properties and even considered them to me arrows or lightning of powerful pagan gods.

The word “belemnite” was first used by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century AD. At the beginning of the 19th century the structure of the soft body of belemnites was reconstructed.

Cephalopods had elongated bodies like modern squids. Just like squids, they had a mantle with lateral fins, a head and ten tentacles.

Belemnites are free-floating organisms that used to live in water of average temperature and average salinity. Belemnite remains were found in the coastal and mid-shelf zones. It is believed that they spent their entire lifespans in shelf seas all and hunted crustaceans and other mollusks.

Nowadays, the belemnites are believed to be producers of positive vital energy that can neutralize external negatives. According to modern lithotherapists, a person wearing a symbol or amulet with a “devil’s finger” gains peace of mind and confidence in the future.

Belemnite powder is believed to have antiseptic properties, but in this regard it’s efficiency is in no way superior to already existing inexpensive and well-known medicinal powders.