Each stone is hand picked from the shores of Lake Michigan. All of our stones are polished in our shop and then affixed to the base hardware that you specify. Just like snowflakes, no two Petoskey stones are the same so each stone will very in colors and patterns. Each stone measures approximately 1 to 1.50 inches.
The Petoskey Stone pictured is not the one you will receive.
Choose your base type and finish:
Antique Brass Flat Black Polished Brass
Indicate what type of hardware you want the stone mounted on.
If you have any questions or if you have a special request please contact us. We would be happy to accommodate any special requests that you may have.
Information about Petoskey Stones:
According to legend, Petosegay was a descendant of French nobleman and fur trader, Antoine Carre and an Ottawa daughter of a chief. Petosegay, meaning "rising sun", "rays of dawn" or "sunbeams of promise", was named by his father after the rays of sun that fell upon his newborn face. Building on his father's start and his place among the Ottawa, Petosegay became a wealthy fur trader who also acquired much land in the region, gaining acclaim for himself and his band. He was said to have a striking and appealing appearance, and spoke both French and English very well. He married another Ottawa, and together they had two daughters and eight sons. In the summer of 1873, a few years before the chief's death, settlers began to develop a village on his land along Little Traverse Bay. The settlers named it Petoskey, an anglicized form of Petosegay.
Well before dinosaurs roamed the earth, over 350 million years ago during the Devonian period, the land we know as Michigan was located near the equator. Covered by a warm, shallow, saltwater sea, the colonial coral hexagonaria percarinata thrived with other marine life in tropical reefs. The earth’s plates moved and pushed Michigan north to the 45th parallel and above sea level, which created dry land formations. More recently, about two million years ago, glacial action scraped the earth and spread the fossils across the northern Lower Peninsula, depositing major concentrations in the Petoskey area. The prehistoric fossil, unique to the Traverse Group rock strata, is called the Petoskey Stone and it became Michigan’s official state stone in 1965.
Source Credit for material above:
Wikipedia www.petoskeyarea.com
Hardware:
Each stone is hand picked from the shores of Lake Michigan. All of our stones are polished in our shop and then affixed to the base hardware that you specify. Just like snowflakes, no two Petoskey stones are the same so each stone will very in colors and patterns. Each stone measures approximately 1 to 1.50 inches.
The Petoskey Stone pictured is not the one you will receive.
Choose your base type and finish:
Antique Brass Flat Black Polished Brass
Indicate what type of hardware you want the stone mounted on.
If you have any questions or if you have a special request please contact us. We would be happy to accommodate any special requests that you may have.
Information about Petoskey Stones:
According to legend, Petosegay was a descendant of French nobleman and fur trader, Antoine Carre and an Ottawa daughter of a chief. Petosegay, meaning "rising sun", "rays of dawn" or "sunbeams of promise", was named by his father after the rays of sun that fell upon his newborn face. Building on his father's start and his place among the Ottawa, Petosegay became a wealthy fur trader who also acquired much land in the region, gaining acclaim for himself and his band. He was said to have a striking and appealing appearance, and spoke both French and English very well. He married another Ottawa, and together they had two daughters and eight sons. In the summer of 1873, a few years before the chief's death, settlers began to develop a village on his land along Little Traverse Bay. The settlers named it Petoskey, an anglicized form of Petosegay.
Well before dinosaurs roamed the earth, over 350 million years ago during the Devonian period, the land we know as Michigan was located near the equator. Covered by a warm, shallow, saltwater sea, the colonial coral hexagonaria percarinata thrived with other marine life in tropical reefs. The earth’s plates moved and pushed Michigan north to the 45th parallel and above sea level, which created dry land formations. More recently, about two million years ago, glacial action scraped the earth and spread the fossils across the northern Lower Peninsula, depositing major concentrations in the Petoskey area. The prehistoric fossil, unique to the Traverse Group rock strata, is called the Petoskey Stone and it became Michigan’s official state stone in 1965.
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