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4.9" Realistic, Dark Coquina Stone Skull
This is a 4.9" long polished skull carved from black-brown coquina stone. The craftsmanship on this skull is excellent, with the zygomatic arch, mandible and nasal cavities fully rendered, and the mouth carved in an open position. The stone exhibits beautiful swirling patterns.
About Coquina
This stone started out as a silica-rich mud full of accumulated shell fragments known as a coquina. Coquina is the Spanish word for cockleshells or shellfish. Coquinas accumulate in high-energy marine environments such as coastlines where currents and waves result in the abrasion, fracturing, and sorting of the shells that compose them. Over time, these shell fragments fossilized and the silica-rich mud turned into a jasper.
This stone started out as a silica-rich mud full of accumulated shell fragments known as a coquina. Coquina is the Spanish word for cockleshells or shellfish. Coquinas accumulate in high-energy marine environments such as coastlines where currents and waves result in the abrasion, fracturing, and sorting of the shells that compose them. Over time, these shell fragments fossilized and the silica-rich mud turned into a jasper.
$175
