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Scientists discovered a 70-million-year-old dinosaur egg in China that contained calcite crystals, transforming it into a natural geode and leading to the identification of a new species, Shixingoolithus qianshanensis, providing new insights into the microstructure, fossilization processes, and environmental conditions of the Late Cretaceous in the region.
A pretty agate mineral registered to the Natural History Museum’s Mineralogy Collection in 1883 has been identified as a dinosaur egg. The specimen, known as Eggate, is thought to date back to 60 million years ago when titanosaurs were the most common dinosaurs living in India. The egg is almost completely spherical and has a thin layer around the agate that looks like a shell. The team think this occurred due to volcanic activity causing the egg to become encased in solidified volcanic rock after an eruption.