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3.9" Polished Moss Agate Slab w/ Waterline Agate - Mexico
This is a beautiful, polished moss agate slab from Mexico. The colors vary throughout the white-blue spectrum on this specimen. It shows crisp water line patterns along with druzy quartz crystal pockets. The lace pattern is very reduced and has an ethereal quality to it. A truly unique specimen.
Under shortwave ultraviolet light, the agate exhibits a vibrant white fluorescence.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Under shortwave ultraviolet light, the agate exhibits a vibrant white fluorescence.
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.
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.
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Agate
LOCATION
Mexico
SIZE
3.9 x 3.4", .2" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#198168
