President’s Petoskey Stone Hails from Petoskey Gem Shop
Petoskey, MI – A photo of President Barack Obama tapping his finger on a Petoskey stone while speaking on the phone went viral this week after the White House photographer sent the image out in a Tweet.
That created a buzz all over the Internet about the stone: where was it from?
TV 7&4 asked viewers on the station’s Facebook page if they knew anything about it. Within 5 minutes of that the phone rang. It was John Bessette Sr., a lapidarian, a person who works with stones and gems, at Bailey’s Place in Petoskey.
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