4.16 lbs Septarian Geode Egg Crystals Calcite Dragon Stone Polished 0439

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4.16 lbs Septarian Geode Egg Crystals Calcite Dragon Stone Polished 0439PolishedSeptarian Geode EggfromMadagascarItem: 150439The pictures you see here are of the item you will receive.(More pictures below)Please email us with any questions and check out our eBay store.Thanks and have fun shopping.DescriptionItem: 150439This very nice Polished Septarian Geode Egg sometimes called "Dragon Stone" has been polished shinny smooth all over.Size: 5.98" x 4.20 " ; 152 mm x 107 mmWeight: 4 lb. 2.60 oz.; 1888 gmItem IncludesSpecimen. 45 mm clear ring stand included. The one in photos was painted black.HistoryUtah Septarians were formed during the Cretaceous Period, around 50 to 70 million years ago when the Gulf of Mexico reached what is now Southern Utah. Sea life that had been killed by volcanic eruptions bonded with the sediment around it, forming mud balls. The tide and wave action rolled these balls around and over time as the ocean receded the balls were left to dry and to crack. Due to the content of bentonite clay these balls shrank, trapping the cracks inside. The ocean continued over time to deposit sediment and shell life on top of the mud balls and as calcite from the decomposing shells fell down into the cracks, calcite crystals formed. A thin wall of this calcite was then transformed into aragonite, dividing the heavy bentonite read more