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Fossil Sea Urchin Calcite & Pyrite

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Fossil Sea Urchin Calcite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Höver Quarry, Ilten, Sehnde, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7 × 6 cm
Weight: 
527.00gr
Description

This is a petrified sea urchin. It usually consists of calcite. On the very good preserved surface there are numerous pyrite crystals. The skin of the sea urchin is super preserved. The age of the fossil is about 75 million years.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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