Tag: geodes


  • Crystal-Geode Dinosaur Egg: A 70-Million-Year-Year Surprise

    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.…