Gembone Gallery

High quality agatized dinosaur bone, or “gembone”, is one of our favorite gem choices for our jewelry & lapidary art creations. Agatized bones are 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. I’ve shown a small batch of photos to demonstrate the variety of cell structures and colors that can be found in higher quality agatized dinosaur bone. The wide variety of colors in agatized dino bone are caused by minerals such as chlorite, chromium, iron-oxide and manganese that enter the cells during formation. I’ve also shown a few examples of our dinosaur bone inlay jewelry. For a more detailed look at our gem dinosaur bone collection please visit THE GEMBONE GALLERY~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gembonegallery/