3.1" Polished Purple Passion Agate Slice - Chihuahua, Mexico

This is a beautiful, 3.1" wide, polished slice of a Purple Passion agate nodule, collected from Chihuahua, Mexico. It features a thick band of purple and blue encircling a lavender and white agate central mass. It has been cut flat and polished to a glossy finish.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

About Agate

Agate is a variety of microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony) that displays translucence and, in some cases, banding. Agate primarily forms when silica-rich fluids fill pockets within rocks and/or fossils, depositing the silica along the walls of the rock. This process can result in banding patterns, as the compositions and impurities of these depositing fluids change over time. These banding patterns can either form as flat layers, creating linear patterns known as waterline agate, or as rounded layers, forming more common ring-like patterns. These patterns depend on the surfaces available for deposition.


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DETAILS
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Agate
LOCATION
Chihuahua, Mexico
SIZE
3.1 x 2.7", .2" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#191871