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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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Fossil Stone Coffee Table, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice fossil stone coffee or side table, 1980's.
This stunning table is made of thin slices
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Vintage 1980s Unknown Post-Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Fossil Stone Hinged Box, 6"
Located in New York, NY
Fossil stone box with hinged lid. Fossilization replaces organic materials in rock or stone with
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21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Boxes
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Large Fossil Stone Ammonite
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/6416 - Large fossil stone shell - Ammonites were predatory Prehistorie cephalopod mollusks which
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy International Style Natural Sp...
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Fossil stone dining table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage 4 leg fossil stone dining table with a round glass top.
1970s - Belgium
Good condition
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Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
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Stone
Marquis Collection Fossil Stone Dancer
By Marquis Collection of Beverly Hills 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculpted dancer made of black fossil stone, put together piece by piece. Hand shaped, then inlaid
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures
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1980's Fossil Stone Coffee Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A 1980's vintage coffee table with wood base and inset fossil stone top.
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20th Century American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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