Urchin - Fossil Quality:Staff Pick 7mm x 8mm x 88mm

7mm x 8mm x 88mm

Rose Quartz is a popular quartz variety that gets its soft pink color from microscopic fibrous inclusions of a pink borosilicate mineral related to dumortierite known as "dididumortierite"

The phenomenon occurs as ultraviolet light excites electrons in the sodalite’s crystal lattice

The color runs from pale blue to a slightly greenish-blue

often with natural iridescent tarnish

Urchin - Fossil Quality:Staff Pick 7mm x 8mm x 88mmMined from: Wllen, Ahaus area, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Era: Late Cretaceous Geological Age: 8490 mya Description: These fossil urchins from Wllen, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany is a classic example of a preserved echinoid, with the rounded to heart shaped form that makes these fossils so recognizable. Pieces from this area are valued for their natural symmetry, clear body outline, and the subtle surface pattern left by the original skeletal