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Pyritized dinosaur bone cab ~
Offered here is a large collector's cabochon of pyritized dinosaur bone, cut from a specimen found a several years ago 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. (It looked to me to be the majority of a vertebrae.) 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'. The once living bone has been replaced with shiny metallic pyrite (and probably marcasite), and the subtle darker pattern of the actual cell walls is still quite apparent. WOW!!! You definitely won't find many like this, and in fact, the scant handful of cabs I've cut over the years are the only ones I have ever seen. There are a few empty cells present, nearly all on the backside, but I think they add, rather than subtract, to this stone's fascinating character. Under strong magnification, I can see tiny gleaming cube-shaped crystals in those voids. The cab has a generously high rounded dome of just a hair under 8mm, a gracefully curved designer shape, and a brilliantly shiny mirror-like polish both front and back. Did I mention this one's very, VERY heavy?!
Size: 50x25mm
Weight: approximately 92 carats
Price: SOLD See current gemstones for sale 
 Pyritized dinosaur bone
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