About the product:

🪨 Mineral Type: Snail / Gastropod

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: France (Alps)

📐 💎 Dimensions: 7 centimeters long x 6 high x 6 wide

⚖️ Weight : 273 grams

✨ Finish: natural raw

🔬 Treatment: None

📜 Certificate: Gem & Zen

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

📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Appearance	Fossil Snail Shell / Gastropod

Category

Fossil / Organic Mineralization

Chemical formula

Mainly CaCO₃ (Calcite or Aragonite)

Crystal system

Rhombohedral (Calcite) or Orthorhombic (Aragonite)

Hardness (Mohs)

3 – 4

Density

2.7 – 2.9

Color

Beige, brown, white, sometimes black or colored by secondary mineralization

Glow	Matte to glassy depending on preservation

Transparency

Opaque to translucent

Special feature

Natural fossil of a snail or gastropod preserved by mineralization over millions of years

Main deposits

Worldwide: Europe, America, Asia, Africa

Discovery / History

Used since prehistoric times for collection, study and decoration; bears witness to ancient life

Use	Collection, decoration, lithotherapy, scientific study

Virtues (lithotherapy)

Grounding, protection, connection with ancestral wisdom, calm and patience

Associated Chakras

Root (stability, anchoring), Solar Plexus (patience and inner strength)

Astrological signs

Taurus, Capricorn, Virgo

Purification

Distilled water, gentle fumigation (sage, incense)

Recharging

Soft sunlight, moonlight, quartz clusters

Short story

Snail shell fossils are used to connect with Earth memory, patience and grounding , as well as being wonderful collectibles.