Dinosaur eggs from Ganzhou, Jiangxi?

[Crazyhen]

These are said to be crystallized dinosaur eggs from Ganzhou, Jiangxi of China.  You can see clearly the crystallization inside.  Are these genuine dinosaur eggs or concretion?

[Troodon]

They look like dino eggs but the crystal is not important in this ID but the eggshell. Do you have any closeup pictures of the shell. What size are these.

[Crazyhen]

The size I guess is about 10cm.

[-Andy-]

These are real dinosaur eggs, typical with what you see from Ganzhou. I can see proper eggshell pattern on them. Some sellers call them 'Small hadrosaurs" but who knows what they really are.

[Crazyhen]

Another photo of the eggs.

[Troodon]

 they are real but at 10 cm  possibly Dendroolithus type eggs

 

[Crazyhen]

9 minutes ago, Troodon said:

 they are real but at 10 cm who knows what they are

You mean 10cm is not typical of hadrosaur or other common types of dinosaurs?

[Troodon]

You do not put species names to eggs but refer to them in terms of eggshell type.  Few egg types are known to a species since the eggs were found with bones.

[Crazyhen]

By the way, it was said that crystallized dinosaur eggs are the rarest types of dinosaur eggs found in China, if you don’t count those with foetus inside.

[Troodon]

Yes you rarely see them like this

[HamptonsDoc]

Agree with Troodon looks like real dendroolithus eggs to me. Very cool with the crystals, would love to own one like that! 

[Troodon]

Just now, HamptonsDoc said:

Agree with Troodon looks like real dendroolithus eggs to me. Very cool with the crystals, would love to own one like that! 

No they are nicer in my collection 

[Crazyhen]

4 minutes ago, Troodon said:

You do not put species names to eggs but refer to them in terms of eggshell type.  Few egg types are known to a species since the eggs were found with bones.

Thanks, now I know better.  The eggs really look very nice, though I was told that the dinosaur eggs are not treated carefully.

[abyssunder]

The crystals remind me of "dog tooth" calcite.

 

 

comparative picture from here

[Coco]

3 hours ago, abyssunder said:

The crystals remind me of "dog tooth" calcite.

 

That's right !

 

Coco

[RJB]

These are cool.

 

RB