Fossils of France, a collection box with a description of 12 pieces. Perfect for collecting, displaying, etc.

Name: Fossils of France, a collection box with a description of 12 pieces. Perfect for collecting, displaying, etc.
Brand: Zen Curiosity
Price: 45.70 EUR
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About the product:

🪨 Fossil Type: Arbacina / Scutellum / Bivalve Mollusk / Fossil Wood / Odontaspis / Amber / Gastropod / Rhynchonella / Belemnite Rostrum / Ammonite / Eggshell / Siliceous Sponge

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: France (Indre et Loire) except Madagascar amber*

📐 💎 Dimensions: various

⚖️ Weight : miscellaneous

✨ Finish: natural raw

🔬 Treatment: None

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

🦕 Fossils of France – Complete file

🔬 General description

The fossils of France come from very varied geological formations: cliffs of Normandy, Charente, Armorican Massif, Jura, Hérault, Var…

Each fossil bears witness to an ancient marine or terrestrial environment, sometimes several hundred million years old.

Fossil	Geological age	Type / Biological origin	Main composition	Hardness (Mohs)	Appearance / Particularity

Ammonite

Jurassic (200–145 Ma)

Marine cephalopod, close to the nautilus

Calcite, aragonite, pyrite

3 to 7

Coiled spiral, sometimes golden (pyritized)

Fossil sea urchin

Cretaceous (145–66 Ma)

Fossil echinoderm (sea urchin)

Microcrystalline calcite

Rounded shape with star-shaped motifs; lucky stone in Brittany

Belemnite

Jurassic & Cretaceous

Marine cephalopod (ancestor of squid)

Calcite

Elongated cone (rostrum), brown/grey, sometimes translucent

Trilobite

Paleozoic (540–250 Ma)

Primitive marine arthropod

Calcite, pyrite, silica

3 to 7

Segmented fossil, highly prized in collections (Armorican Massif)

Shark tooth

Cretaceous – Miocene (100–5 Ma)

Fossilized remains of sharks (Carcharodon, Lamna, etc.)

Apatite (calcium phosphate)

Triangular teeth, often black or gray (Hérault, Aquitaine)

Fossil wood

Cretaceous – Tertiary

Remains of silicified trunks

Silica (quartz)

6–7

Preserved wood texture, brown/red/beige colors (Var, Ardèche)

Fossil corals

Devonian – Jurassic

Fossilized marine polyps (coral colonies)

Calcite, aragonite

3 to 7

Branched or honeycomb structures, very decorative

Brachiopods

Paleozoic – Mesozoic

Marine animals with shells (resemble bivalves)

Calcite

Domed, striated shells, very common in Normandy and the Jura

Crinoids

Devonian – Jurassic

Fossil echinoderms (sea lilies)

Calcite

Fossils in the form of characteristic segmented stems or “rosettes”

Fossil fish

Cretaceous – Eocene (100–40 Ma)

Complete or partial remains of fish

Phosphate, calcite, silica

3 to 6

Specimens in limestone slabs (Ardèche, Jura)

Fossil Amber

Eocene (approx. 40 Ma)

Fossilized tree resin

Fossilized resin (succinite)

2–2.5

Yellow to brown, sometimes with trapped insects

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