COLOR: gold

TEXTURE: smooth

SHAPE: Iike a starfish

SIZE: 7 cm. by 7 cm.

LUSTER: glassy

FOSSIL TYPE: carbon film

Sea Star

Justification: It looks like the sea stars at http://www.therockshed.com/fossils.html. The website says, "This species of Sand Dollar is "Clypeasteroida" They are very beautiful specimens and have nice detail. They are from Majanga, Madagascar and lived in the Jurassic period some 146 to 200 million years ago."