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Red/Black Agatized Dinosaur Bone Pendant
This is a stunning pendant made from 150 million year old, red and black, agatized dinosaur bone. It was handcrafted in Utah and wrapped in copper wire. The polished bone is 1.15 inches tall and the pendant has a total length of 1 3/4 inches. The internal cell structure of the dinosaur bone can clearly be seen. Only high grade, gem quality bone was used in the pendants.
The bone may have come from any of the dinosaurs found in the Morrison Formation including Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, and Torvosaurus. It was collected this past summer from a private quarry near Dinosaur, CO. While the quarry has produced articulated specimens of several species of dinosaurs over the past few years there is a layer above the quarry which produces beautiful, disassociated chunks of agatized bone.
The bone may have come from any of the dinosaurs found in the Morrison Formation including Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, and Torvosaurus. It was collected this past summer from a private quarry near Dinosaur, CO. While the quarry has produced articulated specimens of several species of dinosaurs over the past few years there is a layer above the quarry which produces beautiful, disassociated chunks of agatized bone.
Agatized or agate replaced dinosaur bone is a rare form of fossilized dinosaur bone where the original fossilized bone, typically permineralized with calcite, has been re-mineralized with silica-type compounds such as agate, jasper, chalcedony, or opal.
In a unique and isolated circumstance, the strata on the Colorado Plateau were uplifted during the tertiary intrusions about 35 million years ago when the San Rafael Swell and the La Sals, Henry, and Abajo Mountains were formed. As these ranges were forming, local strata layers were flooded with silica-rich, superheated groundwater. This provided the appropriate environment to start this calcite-silicate replacement in the original fossils. The most prolific layers of gem bone come from the Morrison Formation, which is late Jurassic in age.
In a unique and isolated circumstance, the strata on the Colorado Plateau were uplifted during the tertiary intrusions about 35 million years ago when the San Rafael Swell and the La Sals, Henry, and Abajo Mountains were formed. As these ranges were forming, local strata layers were flooded with silica-rich, superheated groundwater. This provided the appropriate environment to start this calcite-silicate replacement in the original fossils. The most prolific layers of gem bone come from the Morrison Formation, which is late Jurassic in age.
SPECIES
Unknown
LOCATION
Quarry Near Dinosaur, CO
FORMATION
Morrison Formation
SIZE
Bone is 1.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#5980
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