Giant Armadillo Scutes - Fossil thumb stone 3mmOverall Length: 45mm

3mmOverall Length: 45mm

Sphene often forms in flattened blade-like crystals

Unlike cones from modern pines

who first discovered this phenomenon in the gemstone

Giant Armadillo Scutes - Fossil thumb stone 3mmOverall Length: 45mmMined from: Florida, U. S. A. Era: Pleistocene Geological Age: Approximately 2. 5 million years ago to 11,700 years ago. Description: Armadillo scutes are the bony plates that form the protective outer covering of armadillos. These ones are from the species Holmesina floridanus, an extinct species of glyptodont, a type of large, armored mammal related to modern armadillos. Glyptodonts lived during the Pleistocene epoch, which lasted from about 2. 6