Dinosaur Bone Facts, Information and Description

Agatized Dinosaur Bone or "dino bone" is the result of fossilized bone from dinosaurs in which the cellular structure has been replaced with quartz, leaving the bone structure intact. The resulting stone is a 7 on the Mohs scale.

Many excellent specimens of dinosaur bone are found in and around the American southwest. Dinosaur bone ranges in color from brown to black with splotches of red, blue and bright yellow. Dark yellow-gold and red dinosaur bone is also found, but is more rare. The coloring of the specimen is due to impurities that were in the surrounding sediment.

It is illegal to collect dino bone on US state or federal lands thus making agatized dinosaur bone more valuable.

Dinosaur Bone Jewelry and Cabochons

Designer jewelry made with dinosaur bone.  A selection of dinosaur bone cabochons available for my jewelry designs.

Newest work with dino bone
Men's sterling silver ring with hand cut red dinosaur bone cabochon.

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Folk Lore & Legend:

This is another stone for which I couldn't find any folk lore, possibly because it hasn't been used as a jewelry or lucky stone before recent times. But... imagine wearing something that lived more than 100-140 million years ago!   Wow!

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