Carved Onyx Prehistoric Animal Pocket Stones - Stegosaurus (3)

The likeness of a stegosaurus has been hand carved from onyx marble by Peruvian artisans. Prehistoric stone animals fit easily into gift baskets and shadow boxes and are fun to create a scene when put in plants, in the window or a Zen garden.

Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue). Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white. Onyx is thought to increase regeneration, happiness, intuition and instincts.

Stegosaurus were herbivorous, four legged, armoured dinosaurs which lived in the US and Portugal between 145 - 155 million years ago. The spiked plates on their backs and tails were most likely used to protect them from predators, one of which was the Allosaurus.