"Dragon scales is a trade name for iron nodules with polygonal patterning found in the Hell Creek formation of North Dakota while looking for dinosaur bones. They are primarily iron oxides with a siderite (SIDE-UH-RIGHT) core and
a limonite (LIGH-MO-NIGHT) skin colored darker by manganese oxides. When trying to decipher the metaphysical properties of a new stone, we look at similar historical uses, energy signatures, and the experiences of those first working with it.
Although they are not fossils, concretions and nodules often resemble shells, scales, or bony plates and are commonly confused with them. These body parts are all used by animals for protection. Traditionally iron rich rocks were given qualities culturally associated with the masculine like security, confidence, and vitality because of the metal's connection to tool and weapon making.
Historically people believed that the meanings of stones were encoded on them symbolically. Many of the dragon scales are covered by a polygonal patterning with an eye like center. Eyes usually signify warding away negativity and both spiritual and psychic development.
The iron nodules form individually and in beds between layers of sediment. The polygons inside are revealed when the outer skin around them breaks. While the signatures for spiritual protection are
more obvious, individuals who tested the dragon scales expressed similar themes around revealing connections. Their experiences ranged from modulating their sensitivity, changing how they were connecting energetically to the world around them, to an awareness of damage in the energy body from inappropriate connections with other people" - Christopher Matthews (Stone & Metaphysical Specialist)