Dragon scales are a trade name for polygonal patterned iron nodules found in the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota. These stones form alongside Cretaceous dinosaur fossils that include powerful animals such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops. They are often found facing these extinct giants. They are primarily iron oxides with a siderite core and a limonite 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 who first worked with it. Although they form alongside fossils, they are not fossils. Concretions and nodules often resemble shells, scales, or bony plates and are often mistaken for them. These body parts are all used by animals for protection. Traditionally, iron-rich rocks were given qualities culturally associated with the masculine, such as security, confidence, and vitality, because of the metal's connection to the making of tools and weapons.
Historically, people believed that the meaning of stones was symbolically encoded in them. Many dragon scales are covered in a polygonal pattern with an eye-shaped center. Eyes usually signify warding off negativity and spiritual and psychic development.
Iron nodules form individually and in beds between layers of sediment. The polygons within are revealed when the outer skin around them bursts open, exposing this unique natural pattern. While the spiritual protection signatures are more obvious, people who have tested the dragon scales have expressed similar themes around the revelation of connections. Their experiences ranged from modulation of their sensitivity, to changing the way they energetically connected to the world around them, to an awareness of damage in the energetic body due to inappropriate connections with other people.