Tag: calcite
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Dinosaur Egg Geode: 70-Million-Year Crystal Surprise
Discovery and Significance A desert-like fossil bed in China yielded an extraordinary find: a grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from roughly 70 million years ago that, instead of a baby dinosaur or sediment-filled interior, opened to a sparkling chamber of calcite crystals. This rare natural geode challenges common expectations about dinosaur eggs and offers a fresh lens…
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Crystal-Geode Dinosaur Egg: A 70-Million-Year-Year Surprise
The Sparkling Discovery In a remarkable twist to paleontology, researchers unearthed a grapefruit-sized dinosaur egg from a fossil bed in China that confounded expectations. Instead of a preserved embryo or sediment-filled interior, the egg opened to reveal an unexpected jewel: crystals of calcite lining the inner shell, forming a natural geode within a dinosaur egg.…