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2.45" Colorful, Polished Condor Agate - Argentina
This is a beautiful cut and polished nodule of Condor agate from Argentina. It shows off the characteristic red, orange and brown coloration in the polished face. It has been cut flat and polished to a glossy finish on one side with the rest of the nodule left in rough form.
Condor agate is a highly prized gem-quality agate from the Mendoza Province of Argentina. Most specimens feature fine red, brown, and black banding, but colors can vary into blues, greens, and even whites. They are relatively new discovery, only discovered in 1993: they make a wonderful addition to any mineral collection.
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
San Rafael, Mendoza Province, Argentina
SIZE
2.45 x 2.15", up to 1.2" thick
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#152624
