Colorful, 6.6" Polished Sagenite Agate Section - Mexico

Colorful, Polished Sagenite Agate Section - Mexico #184784

This is a colorful, 6.6" wide polished section of sagenite agate that was collected from Mexico (likely Chihuahua). It is polished to a glossy-finish on one side and features radiating sagenite crystal formations that are surrounded in agate (chalcedony). The colors are vibrant, sporting orange, red and yellow coloration throughout the entire specimen. The opposite side of this agate has been left in a rough state.

An acrylic display stand will accompany your purchase.

Sagenite agate is a formation of agate that contains acicular (needle-like) formations of fanning sagenite crystals encapsulated in a mass of pseudomorphic agate. This occurs when agate fills a cavity within rock that had prior formations of minerals, in this case the golden sagenite crystal clusters.

Sagenite is a name that often refers to acicular rutile crystals, which in this case is accurate. The golden crystals within this specimen are technically rutile (TiO2) crystals.

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