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9.2" Yellow Crystal Filled Septarian Geode - Utah
This is a stunning, yellow crystal filled, Septarian geode mined near West of Orderville, Utah. Most of the material you see sold has been cut and polished, but this is in it's rough state as broken. It displays nicely without the need for a display stand.
Only the pictured side of the geode is included. Typically when these are cracked with a hammer as opposed to cut, one section will ended up being fragmented.
Only the pictured side of the geode is included. Typically when these are cracked with a hammer as opposed to cut, one section will ended up being fragmented.
Septarian or septarian nodules are concretions containing angular cavities or cracks, called "septaria", filled with calcite and aragonite. A concretion is a hard, compact mass of rock that often forms around decaying organic matter. In the case of septarian nodules, the concretions formed around decaying sea life in a marine environment.
The exact mechanism for how the cracks form in the concretions is a mystery. One possible mechanism is the dehydration of the clay-rich core of a concretion, causing it to shrink and crack. The cracks could also be caused by gas expansion produced by the decaying organic matter within a concretion. Earthquakes have also been suggested as yet another mechanism.
The cracks in the concretions are then filled in with minerals such as calcite (yellow), aragonite (brown), and sometimes pyrite, causing very interesting patterns. They have often been described as looking like dragon's skin. They are frequently found as geodes with hollow, calcite crystal-filled cavities. More rarely, the fossils that originally started the formation of the concretion are still preserved in the septarian.
The exact mechanism for how the cracks form in the concretions is a mystery. One possible mechanism is the dehydration of the clay-rich core of a concretion, causing it to shrink and crack. The cracks could also be caused by gas expansion produced by the decaying organic matter within a concretion. Earthquakes have also been suggested as yet another mechanism.
The cracks in the concretions are then filled in with minerals such as calcite (yellow), aragonite (brown), and sometimes pyrite, causing very interesting patterns. They have often been described as looking like dragon's skin. They are frequently found as geodes with hollow, calcite crystal-filled cavities. More rarely, the fossils that originally started the formation of the concretion are still preserved in the septarian.
SPECIES
Septarian
LOCATION
West of Orderville, Utah
FORMATION
Frontier Formation
SIZE
9.2" wide, 8.2" tall, 6.3" deep, 17.6 lbs
CATEGORY
ITEM
#157076
