Triceratops Ischium (with stand) 1a4e2c1ea3b9eace5c88218da65b15c5 The term fossilized is important

The term fossilized is important

It is classified alongside other garnets including andradite and grossular

or granite and is found in tiny cavities within these rocks

Scientists estimate the age of Shungite to be almost 2 billion years old

As minerals go it is a young find

Triceratops Ischium (with stand) 1a4e2c1ea3b9eace5c88218da65b15c5 The term fossilized is importantOutside Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops may arguably be the most popular & recognizable dinosaur that ever lived. Triceratops was a large plant eating ceratopsian, quadrupedal dinosaur. It had a large frill of bone at the back of its skull and three large, forward pointing horns, that the "normally gentle" beast could use, when it needed to either defend itself from large carnivorous predators, or when asserting itself, within its own pack. Triceratops