Petoskey stones are a big business for local souvenir and art stores. Some people walk in just to purchase a stone.

It’s more than just a cool rock to us, it’s a symbol of our state’s natural history, beauty and resilience, just like the ...

Even though they’re found in the Great Lakes, Petoskey stones are actually fossilized coral. You can tell a Petoskey stone by its honeycomb pattern (in fact, the word “hexagon” is part of ...

Abbas, like many other Petoskey stone jewelers, spent his life fascinated with the stones, visiting several lakes across Michigan in search of Petoskey varieties.

Petoskey stones can be found in almost every Northern Michigan souvenir shop. But it's more fun to find them yourself! Here's how to polish Petoskey stones.

LANSING — The near record-high water shrinking Lake Michigan beaches is uncovering a king’s ransom of Petoskey stones.

The Petoskey stones inside the watches are "hand-polished," according to the Journal, and the watches feature leather straps and stainless steel cases. More Petoskey stones Need a break?

Like the Petoskey stone, the Charlevoix stone is a remnant from the ancient period of Earth history when the land that we now call Michigan sat at the bottom of a shallow sea.

Michigan has a pet rock, and it is called the Petoskey stone. This is not an ethnic joke; it is Michigan`s version of romancing the stone. Though the fad in pet rocks has come and gone elsewhere ...

Petoskey stones are known as relatively soft stones, so they get bruised when banged around against other rocks in the surf. Look for that bruising, which appears as little white spots when the ...

Gala selects Petoskey stones and other raw materials from stones she and Higgins collect. She studies each stone, then cuts it into a shape determined by her imagination and the particular stone.

PETOSKEY — On June 28, 1965, Gov. George Romney signed a bill naming the Petoskey stone as Michigan's official state stone.