Mono-Anvil Arizona Red Gaming Stone

Early Man Stone

2.25" H x 4.5" L x 3.5" W 

Hand Carved Reddish Sandstone in an Oval Form and Flat on Each Side

In Very Good Condition

Arizona Red is a distinctive brick-red sandstone from the lower massive member of the Moenkopi Formation (Lower to Middle Triassic) quarried primarily near Flagstaff, Arizona. It was widely used as a building stone in the late 19th/early 20th century, especially after fires in Flagstaff, and shipped across the U.S. (e.g., to San Francisco, Chicago, and other cities). The stone is calcite-cemented, relatively soft when quarried (easy to carve), but hardens on exposure. It has been valued for millennia for construction and petroglyphs/carvings (e.g., at Wupatki National Monument).