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9.4" Deep Green Seam Agate Slab - Nevada
This is a gorgeous seam agate slice, showing deep greens interspersed by white and colorless agate plumes and occasional larger agate pockets. Though unpolished, this slab would take beautifully to it and create stunning lapidary pieces.
This material was collected by artist and lapidarist Thaleia Georgiades. It comes with an acrylic display stand.
This material was collected by artist and lapidarist Thaleia Georgiades. 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
Nevada
SIZE
9.4 x 3.35", .35" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#283769
