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Pendant made from Gem Bone wrapped in a Sterling Silver Bezel wire. Size is 23mm X 30mm, all sizes approximate.

Dino Bone or Gem Bone is Fossilzed Dinosaur Bone that has Agatized, that is, it has become Agate.

The best dinosaur gembone is brightly colored and has very distinct cells surrounded by web like patterns.
The Urban Dictionary defines it as follows;
"Gem Bone short for Gem Dinosaur Bone refers to fossilized dinosaur bones that have been petrified with silica or quartz crystals which gives them their colorful, glassy appearance. This process preserves the actual cell structure of the once living dinosaur. The largest deposits of agatized dinosaur bones are concentrated in the Colorado Plateau of Utah in the Jurassic Era Morrison Formation.

Gem bone is a rare gem material used and collected by jewelers and lapidary artisans."

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