We hit treasure!
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Look what we found digging the foundations for our extension
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Its a cast fossil of a sea urchin which lived when dinosaurs were around. The clear rows of pits are where the holes were in the shell where the legs came out. They're so distinctive because of the remaining white chalk. It was found in clay and probably popped out of the chalk layer thanks to the upheavals of the ice age. It is also possible that I'm not the first to have found it. In ancient times such stones were called thunderstones and thought to have fallen from the sky. They were collected and used to protect houses from lightening and otherwise treasured amulets to warn off evil spirits.
I hope it works for us!
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Im sorry but are you saying we need an amulet?
The "us" was referring to those living in our house - my family. No, I don't believe in the supernatural so I don't see any needs there. However its kind've a nice thought to have in all our building mess that we've found this stone which was treasured in ancient times as an amulet or lucky charm, and we can hope it will have symbolic value.
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Are you sure it's not a hazelnut? confused
Nope the fivefold radial symmetry is a real give away, it has to be a fossilised echinoderm.
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really, give it away (to me) ;D
No give it to me. angel