Assertion: sea urchin's shell | /r/MadeOf | fused plates of calcite
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text: The egg-like “shell” is actually an internal skeleton, or test, made of fused plates of calcite (calcium carbonate).Â Living specimens are light brown or green, covered with thousands of short, delicate spines that form a dense, almost fur-like, covering over the test.