Petoskey Stone Gift Jar

This unique gift jar comes filled with a variety of unpolished small & medium sized Petoskey stones.  Just add water to reveal the true beauty of these stones! The jar has a nice silicone seal and is about 3 1/2 inches tall. The stones were collected from East Grand Traverse Bay in beautiful Northern Michigan. Petoskey stone is a rock, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized coral.  These stones were formed as a result of glaciation, where sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in the northwestern (and some in the northeastern) portion of Michigan’s lower peninsula. It is the official state stone of Michigan.  Petoskey stones can be found on various beaches and inland locations in Michigan, with many of the most popular Petoskey stone beaches stretching from Traverse City to Petoskey, along Lake Michigan. They are fragments of a coral reef that was originally deposited during the Devonian period. When dry, the