3.2" Wide Orca Agate Heart - Madagascar

This is a beautiful, 3.2" wide hand-polished piece of orca agate found in the deserts of Madagascar. This specimen has been sculpted and polished into the shape of a heart. It even has a pocket of quartz crystals on one edge!

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.
FOR SALE
$19
DETAILS
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Agate
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
3.2" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#280450