Untreated Iberian Dino Bone 17.68 (Dino1768)

17.68 Carat
Ivory on Charcoal
Opaque

GRADING REPORT DINO1768

- Identification: Natural Unheated & Untreated Dinasour Bone

- Carat: 17.68

- Shape: Brop Flat Cabochon

- Measures: 20.17x15.32x5.59 (millimeter)

- Color Grade: n.a.

- Tone: Black with White

- Color Zoning: Visible

- Clarity: Opaque

- Cutting Grade: Very Good

o       Brilliancy: n.a.

o       Depth: 36%

- Origin: Iberia 

- Treatment: None

Certificate No: n.a.

Overall Grade: n.a.

Comment: I had the good fortune to meet a German lapidary who spends most of his life personally digging out curiosities from earth's easily accessible crust, much in Europe but also in the classic gem-hunting regions of Australia or the USA. With 'inaccessible' I mean not only great depth but also location. Digging for gems where you don't belong, be it in Africa, Asia or South America is an adventure easily cut short by machete or bullet. Hence our new surprise-supply will be centered around opal, amber, and other gems found in secure locations around the globe. Enough earth to fill a life-time with the thrill and hardship of prospecting. We will present high-lights in the years ahead. Fossils, such as this Dino-bone are not usually examined by gem labs. Until we find a lab offering to study such rarities we will need to rely on common sense and the know-how our new source has acquired over the decades. This pendant-sized and -shaped bone comes from one of the giant vegan Dinosaurs that roamed the Iberian Peninsula, and probably much of the rest of Europe or rather old Gondwana. The long necked, slow and peaceful, water-loving plant-eater have left us pieces of ancient history to adore; no T-Rex, yet, and for starters, but we may come to that later, also meteorites. The white-in-charcoal structure, see close-up, reminds of ivory or mother-of-pearl. Comes with all WildFish extras except the lab report. 

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