About the product:

🪨 Type/ Name: Fossilized sea urchin also called 'fossil echinoid'

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: France (Loiret)

📐 Dimensions: 59 millimeters x 52 wide x 38 thick

⚖️ Weight in grams : 148.4 grams

✨ Finish: natural raw

🔬 Treatment: None

🎁 Comes with a Gem and Zen certificate, ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

✦ Uses:

Ornamentation : Decorations, collectibles.

Scientific / Educational : For study.

📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Appearance	Fossil Sea Urchin

Category

Fossil / Marine Echinoderm

Geological age

From the Cambrian to the Cenozoic (~500 – 2 million years ago), depending on species

Chemical composition

Mainly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃), sometimes silica or secondary minerals during fossilization

Crystal system

Rhombohedral (calcite)

Hardness (Mohs)

3 – 4

Density

2.6 – 2.9

Color

Beige, brown, gray, black, sometimes colored patina depending on surrounding minerals

Glow	Matte to slightly satiny

Transparency

Opaque

Special feature

Round or ovoid fossil with radiating or pentamerous patterns, sometimes complete with preserved spines

Main deposits

Morocco, Europe, North America, Madagascar

Discovery / History

Used since ancient times as decoration, lucky charms and objects of paleontological study

Use	Collection, decoration, lithotherapy, scientific teaching

Virtues (lithotherapy)

Symbol of protection, balance, harmony and purification; helps to soothe emotions and strengthen anchoring

Associated Chakras

Root (anchor), Solar Plexus (balance and stability)

Astrological signs

Cancer, Pisces, Capricorn

Purification

Distilled water, gentle fumigation (sage, incense)

Recharging

Moonlight, quartz geode

Short story

The fossil sea urchin is a symbol of protection and balance , recalling ancient marine life and perseverance through the ages .