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7.6" Polished Snow Plume Agate Slab - Mexico
This is an interesting, 7.6" wide slab of "snow plume" agate from Mexico. While not the most vibrant specimen, the branching white patterns throughout the agate are what makes it so appealing. One face has been polished to a glossy finish.
It comes with an acrylic display stand. There is one glue stabilized fracture through the specimen.
It comes with an acrylic display stand. There is one glue stabilized fracture through the 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
Chalcedony var. Agate
LOCATION
Mexico
SIZE
7.6 x 4.4", .2" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#302918
