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Description
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Dinosaur Bone cab ~
Offered here is a cabochon of prized spiderweb fossilized dinosaur bone, from Utah. This highly silicated material is many millions of years old, a marvelous example of the natural preservation of our earth's ancient, extinct 'thunder lizards'. Over millennia, the cells in this fossil bone have been completely replaced with translucent agate, each framed by webbing that is the actual cell walls, now a light gray color, forever frozen in time. There are some neat 'cores' within many of the cells, making them look like tiny fortified agates, which they are! The stone is also amazingly translucent (the rarest kind!), despite its generous thickness; please click the pics to view the close-up shots which are more revealing of this stone's spongue-like nature. It has a high and well rounded dome, and an excellent glassy polish both front and back.
Size: 47x29mm
Weight: approximately 46 carats
Price: Sold
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