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Description
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Dinosaur Bone cab ~
Offered here is a collector's cabochon of pyritized dinosaur bone, cut from a specimen found on the shores of the Isle of Wight, which is also known as 'Dinosaur Island'. The highly prized and extremely RARE material was sent to me by a nice fellow who personally finds fossils on the shores of his island residence. This extraordinary dinny bone is many millions of years old, a marvelous example of the natural preservation of our earth's ancient, extinct 'thunder lizards'. Virtually every last bit of the once living bone has been replaced with shiny metallic pyrite (and probably marcasite), and the subtle pattern of the darker cell walls is still quite apparent. The cores of some of the cells include a hollow void, revealing pyrite's cubic crystalline habit. WOW!!! You definitely won't find many like this; in fact, the handful of cabs I've cut over the years are the only ones I have EVER seen! This beauty has a nicely rounded dome of 4.5mm, and a gleaming polish both front and back.
Size: 48x20mm
Weight: approximately 45 carats
$169.00 
 Pyritized Dinosaur Bone
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