Gem Bone

Gem Bone short for Gem Dinosaur Bone refers to fossilized dinosaur bones that have been 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.

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. The best dinosaur gembone is brightly colored and has very distinct cells surrounded by web like patterns.

Gem bone is a rare gem material used and collected by jewelers and lapidary artisans.

A group of very dedicated gem bone collectors have labeled themselves boneheads.

The bonehead found an incredible gem bone vertebrae when digging in Utah.

bonehead

-n- a rockhound or mineral specimen collector obsessed with collecting or digging for fossilized dinosaur bone.

Digging in the Utah dirt for fossils made me feel like such a bonehead.

The bonehead couldn't stop buying fossils on ebay.

The bonehead cut such an amazing dinosaur bone cabochon.

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Friendigo

- adj- the shade of blue you feel when you realize that someone is no longer a friend on Facebook.

-noun- a person who dumps you from their friend's list on Facebook.

A frienemy who befriends you on Facebook, posts insults on your wall and then blocks you to prevent you from getting the last word.

"She posted a naked picture of you on Facebook and then blocked you?"

"Yeah dude, feeling mighty friendigo this morning"

I wanted to get that girl to hook up with me on Saturday but now she's just another notch on my friendigo belt.

The jerk blocked me so now I'm feeling sad and friendigo this morning.

Screw that friendigo…. I never liked his idiotic wall posts anyway!

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Rock-licker

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A person such as rockhound, lapidary, bonehead or mineral collector that licks rocks to bring out the color potential within the rough stone. Wetting a rock shows what the stone might look like once polished. Often a rockhound will become so excited at a rock or gem show that they start madly licking rocks, hoping to discover the hidden beauty beneath the rough, unpolished surface. To the other people visiting a gem show this activity can seem very odd, inappropriate, gross and even obscene.

Example 1:
"WHAT in the world is that freak doing over there!? He keeps picking up rocks from the ground and LICKING them like he thinks they're food! Yuck!"

"oh, yeah.. that's just that crazy rockhound dude named Mark. He's a rock-licker."

Example2:
"Man, that bonehead rock-licker has stinky breath and rotten teeth! I think I'll pass on looking through the bucket of opal he's been pawing for the past hour. "

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Agatized Dinsoaur Bone

Agatized dinosaur bones also called Gem Bone or Gem Dinosaur Bone refers to fossilized dinosaur bones that have been 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.

A myriad of minerals add color to agatized dinosaur bone. Irons added reds, browns, blacks, sulfur added yellows, copper caused greens and blues, manganese caused pinks and pastels, and the silica cause whites and grays.

The best dinosaur gembone is brightly colored and has very distinct cells surrounded by web like patterns.

Gem bone is a rare gem material used and collected by jewelers and lapidary artisans.

A group of very dedicated gem bone collectors have labeled themselves boneheads.

The bonehead found an incredible agatized dinosaur bone vertebrae when digging in Utah.

Agatized Dinsoaur Bone is highly prized by mineral specimen collectors.

The bonehead found an incredible Agatized Dinsoaur Bone vertebrae when digging in Utah.