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What is fossil stone?
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Fossil stone isn’t necessarily stone. It’s any natural material that has either formed or changed due to fossilization, which, over millions of years, replaces the organic materials in rock with minerals. The result is a super-hard, totally different object.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
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Stylized & Abstract Squirrel Sculpture Carved In Fossil Stone
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An impressive stylized and abstract carved fossil stone sculpture depicting a squirrel
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Trilobite Fossil Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Genuine Large Trilobite Plaque
250 million Year Bc
Trilobite Form one of the Earliest Know groups of Arthropods
Origin High Atlas Morroco
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Prehistoric Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
$1,291 Sale Price
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Vintage Decorative fossil stone Sculpture sculpure, maroccan Orthoceras
Located in Milano, IT
Fluid Shapes - Decorative Organic Art - Moroccan fossil sculpture
This is a listing for one
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Limestone
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
Stepped Obelisk Fossil Stone Tower
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Egyptian/ Greek Influence
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Sandstone
Chinese Fossil Stone Snuff Bottle
Located in Chicago, IL
snuff bottle is carved from a conglomerate stone embedded with small fossils and pebbles. The bottle has
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
EDOUARD MERZOUK - Chanel Fossil Bag
By Edouard Merzouk
Located in PARIS, FR
were ourselves, the actors of our own extinction?
Edouard Merzouk presents his Fossil Sculptures. His
Category
2010s Conceptual Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone


