Crinoid uses in culture

•    Fossilised crinoid columnals extracted from limestone quarried on Lindisfarne, or found washed up along the foreshore, which were threaded into necklaces or rosaries, became known as St Cuthbert's beads.
•    In the Midwestern United States, fossilized segments of columnal crinoids are sometimes known as Indian beads.
•    Crinoids are the state fossil of Missouri.