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5.5" Polished Agua Nueva Agate Slab - Chihuahua, Mexico
This is a 5.5" wide slab of gorgeous Agua Nueva agate from Chihuahua, Mexico. It has been polished to a mirror finish on one side revealing amazing colors and patterns.
An acrylic display stand will be included with this specimen.
An acrylic display stand will be included with this specimen.
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
Quartz var. Agate
LOCATION
Agua Nueva Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
SIZE
5.5 x 4.2", .55" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#150507
