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	Petoskey Stones - Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce - Petoskey Michigan
		Petoskey Stones are fossilized colony corals (Hexagonaria percarinata).
		Petoskey stones found in Michigan consist of massive corallas of varying sizes.
		Petoskey stones may be found on beaches, road cuts, ditches, gravel pits and sand blows all over the state.
	www.petoskey.com /chamber/petoskey-stones (235 words)

	petoskey stone hunting, photo tour
		Petoskey stone hunting along the beaches of Lake Michigan is very popular in this area.
		Petoskey Stones: are composed of the fossilized skeletons of "Colony Coral" which lived in the warm waters that covered Michigan some 350 million years ago during the Devonian Period.
		Petoskey Stones are often polished (which also brings out their patterns) and used in jewelry.
	www.duneswood.org /petoskey.htm (169 words)

	Petoskey stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A Petoskey stone is a rock, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized coral, Hexagonaria percarinata.
		The stones were formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in the northwestern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula.
		The city of Petoskey, Michigan, is also named after him, and is the center of the area where the stones are found.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/petoskey_stone (394 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Petoskey stone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Disambiguation: Devonian is sometimes used to refer to the Southwestern Brythonic language, and the people of the county of Devon are sometimes referred to as Devonians The Devonian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic era.
		A lapidary (the word means concerned with stones) is an artisan who practices the craft of working, forming and finishing stone, mineral, gemstones, and other suitably durable materials (amber, shell, jet, pearl, copal, coral, horn and bone, glass and other synthetics) into functional and/or decorative, even wearable, items (e.
		Petoskey is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Petoskey-stone (817 words)

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		The Petoskey Stone shapes and cabs used in the jewelry on these next few pages are hand made by me from Petoskey Stones found in Michigan.
		Petoskey Stones vary widely in look and quality from stone to stone.
		The Petoskey Stone used for this necklace was kept in its original shape but polished front and back.
	fossilrocks.homestead.com /petoskey.html (359 words)

	Silvermoon StoneWear - Metaphysical Stone Properties
		Therefore, the metaphysical properties of stones are the abstract qualities or traits exhibited by the stone, or the qualities/traits that are not perceptable to the dominant five senses.
		This stone helps one to be unburdened by arrogance and unconfined by passion, thus allowing one to see all things as equally important in the grand scheme of life.
		The stone of discernment and aptitude, fluorite produces an energy which is predisposed to discourage chaotic, disruptive, and disorganized growth.
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	Michigan State Stone
		Michigan boasts both a state fossil and a fossil for its state stone, and was the first state in the nation to designate a fossil as an official symbol.
		Petoskey Stones are common in the northern part of the Lower Peninsula, and are actually fragments of Devonian Period coral reefs.
		Good Petoskey Stones may be collected at Fisherman's Island State Park near Charlevoix, and at the south end of the beach at Petoskey State Park.
	www.statefossils.com /mi/mistone.html (314 words)

	Chief Petosegay and the Petosky Stone
		The name Petoskey Stone likely came about because it was found and sold as a souvenir from the Petoskey area.
		Today, Petoskey is a growing city with all of the comforts of modern life and an appreciation of the past.
		The Petoskey Stone family of corals are found in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Canada, Germany, England, and even Asia.
	lonestar.50megs.com /moondance/chief.html (1002 words)

	The Town of Petoskey, northern Michigan
		Petoskey and the surrounding area are notable for being the setting of several of the Nick Adams stories by Ernest Hemingway, who spent his childhood summers on nearby Walloon Lake, as well as for a high concentration of Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan.
		Petoskey is situated on the shore of Little Traverse Bay, which is part of Lake Michigan.
		Petoskey is located along two state highways: M31, which goes west along Little Traverse Bay and then south towards Traverse City and beyond, and M131, which goes directly south from Petoskey towards Boyne City and north towards Mackinaw City.
	www.petoskeystones.com /petoskey (455 words)

	Petoskey Stone - Facts, Lore, History, Myths and Pictures
		Petoskey stone is a fossilized coral, the state stone of Michigan and is commonly found along the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in the United States.
		The name Petoskey is a derivation of the name Petosegay, the name given to the son of a Frenchman who married an Ottwa Indian princess and later became the tribes' chief.
		Stones - Their Collection, Identification and Uses by R. Dietrich.
	www.bernardine.com /gemstones/petoskey.htm (249 words)

	Petoskey Stone
		Petoskey stones are small water worn stones from Michigan.
		They are a petrified/fossilized calcium replacement of a variety of coral and the state stone for Michigan.
		See Polishing Petoskey stone> listed under Shop Friends Contest Winners) Sizes will run from 1" X 1 1/2" to approximately one half of a pound each.
	www.stoneageindustries.com /petoskey_stone.html (102 words)

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		Schnake recognized the Petoskey stone's telltale circular design made from fossilized coral in a dinner plate-sized piece of rock protruding from the ground.
		That's when the extinct coral, Hexagonaria percarinata, which gives Petoskey stones their unique circular patterns, lived in a tropical shallow sea of water that stretched across what is now the United States in the time before dinosaurs even existed.
		Petoskey stone actually is a regional term, not used in the rest of the United States, Benison said.
	www.record-eagle.com /1999/aug/29rock.htm (744 words)

	Polishing the Petoskey
		Select a stone that has a shape that is pleasing and then wet it to get a "sneak preview" of what it will look like when it's polished.
		The Petoskey stone is the state stone of Michigan and is made up of the fossil coral stone which came from this period.
		Petoskey stones are fossils now preserved in the lime muds that harden to limestone.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/teacher_resources/petoskey_edu.html (1303 words)

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		A Petoskey stone is naturally soft because it is a fossil, and they can have many imperfections such as cracks and other mineral deposits mixed in.
		Hold a dampened stone firmly in one hand and rub the area of the stone to be polished on a sandpaper with a steady rotating motion.
		Understanding the significance of a petoskey stone, the students would probably work on their own and it would be a visual learning activity because the result would be a beautifully polished rock for all to see.
	www.msu.edu /~mccullyc/PETOSKEY.html (732 words)

	Petoskey Stone
		Petoskey Stone is a beautifully detailed fossil stone with a honeycomb pattern.
		Petoskey Stone is the offical Michigan State Stone - found on the beaches of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and anywhere in the area where rocks and stones are exposed.
		Petoskey Stone is a fossilization of Hexagonaria percarinata, a colonial tetra-coral which lived about 350 - 415 million years ago in the Devonian and Silurian Periods - about 100 million years before the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
	www.alleycatbead.com /PetoskeyStone.html (444 words)

	Petoskey Michigan Resource Guide, City or community of Petoskey, Michigan Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
		The population of Petoskey is approximately 6,080 (2000).
		Petoskey is positioned 45.36 degrees north of the equator and 84.95 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		One of these, the Petoskey Stone, was adopted in 1965 as the official state stone.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /micountypetoskey.htm (374 words)

	GemRocks: Fossiliferous Rocks
		Petoskey stone (sometimes called Petoskey agate) - colonial rugose coral (Hexagonaria percrinata) within rocks and as beach pebbles derived from those rocks in the region around and generally south of Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan.
		The Petoskey stone and the city in Emmet County, in the northwestern part of Michigan's lower peninsula, were named after Chief Ignatius Petoskey (1787-1885) who founded the community.
		The Petoskey stone is the official state stone of Michigan.
	www.cst.cmich.edu /users/dietr1rv/fossiliferous.htm (2483 words)

	Petoskey Stones from Michigan
		A Petoskey stone is a rock that is composed of a fossilized coral, Hexagonaria percarinata.
		The stones were formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, depositing them in the north part of Michigan's lower peninsula.
		Petroskey stones are found in the Gravel Point Formation of the Traverse Group and were originally deposited during the Devonian period.
	www.petoskeystones.com (163 words)

	Turtleback Studios \| The Petoskey Stone
		Characteristic to the Petoskey is it's intricate honeycomb pattern made of calcite.
		To add to the stone's intrigue, when dry, it is difficult to distinguish from more ordinary rocks.
		The illusive Petoskey stone is found mostly in the northern portion of the lower peninsula of Michigan.
	www.turtlebackstudios.com /petoskeystones.php (214 words)

	Wildernet.com - Petoskey State Park, Michigan
		Situated on 305 acres of sandy bayside land, Petoskey State Park is home to the Petoskey Stone.
		Petoskey Stones, which are found in abundance and can be polished and made into various items or used for display.
		The stone is actually a fossilized coral from the Devonian Period (350 million years ago).
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=MISPP&CU_ID=165 (888 words)

	Antrim County Petoskey Stone Festival
		Petoskey stones are composed of fossilized skeletons of colony corals which lived their lifespan in the warm sea waters that at one time
		Most of the Petoskey stones found along beaches and in gravels have already been rounded and smoothed by glacial and water action.
		Occasionally a Petoskey stone will be found in "rough" form that has not been subjected to smoothing by glacial or wave action.
	www.petoskeystonefestival.com /geology.html (166 words)

	Michigan Stone: Petoskey Stone
		The Petoskey Stone, Hexagonaria pericarnata, was adopted as the state stone on June 28, 1965.
		The most often asked question is, "What is a Petoskey Stone?" Coral that was formed by the fossilization of ancient coral, hexagonaria, and is commonly found along the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in the United States.
		The Alpena Limestone is a mixture of lime stones and shales.
	www.e-referencedesk.com /resources/state-fossil/michigan-stone.html (637 words)

	Metaphysical and healing properties of crystals, gems and stones - P
		Petoskey Stone is a type of fossilized colony coral found only in Michigan, USA, the coral living during the Devonian period about 350 million years ago when Michigan had a warm inland sea.
		Petoskey Stone is also said to keep naughty spirits from channeling incorrect information or interfering with one's life.
		Petoskey Stone is related primarily to the third eye chakra as well as the crown chakra.
	www.crystalsandjewelry.com /metaphysicalproperties_p.html (1935 words)

	A Michigan Thing - Looking For Mr. Petoskey Stone: Combing The Beaches For A Prehistoric Talisman
		They’re Petoskey stones: ubiquitous, unusual, and instantly recognizable from their trademark pattern of sunburst hexagons as the official state stone of Michigan.
		Petoskey stones are the fossilized remains of one particular species of prehistoric coral, Hexagonia percarinata.
		The northern edges of the Old Mission Peninsula also are a fertile hunting-ground for Petoskey stones, as is the Grand Traverse Bay shore of Antrim County between Elk Rapids and Eastport.
	www.amichiganthing.com /article_006.shtml (772 words)

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		In Scotland it is the stone of victory.
		Shaman Stones are equally balanced between grounding and energizing, and act as a connector to the Earth's energies.
		Historically, this stone said to be formed from the tears of fairies when they were brought the news of the death of Christ.
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	Silvermoon StoneWear - Home
		The natural energy that is carried in crystals and stones is thought to be positive energy and has been used for many centuries by people of many cultures.
		Teachings tell of various crystals and stones that have historically been used for healing, bringing luck/protection, warding off evil, and empowering oneself by stimulating latent talents and strengthening weaknesses in character and personality.
		Most of our stones are considered semi-precious, however we also stock some stones that are more obscure and are only available in their natural mineral form.
	www.silvermoonstonewear.com /petoskey.html (460 words)

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		Each small hexagonal chamber of this unique stone is a section containing the prehistoric remains of a salt water marine life.
		Petoskey Stones cannot be polished by using a tumbler.
		I start with a 100 grit wheel to get the imperfections out of the stone and then graduate through 4 more grits of belts to the final polish which is done by buffing with two different grits of polish.
	fossilrocks.homestead.com /mypage.html (217 words)

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