4.7" Polished Canadian River Plume Agate - Texas
This is a gorgeous polished slab of Canadian River Plume Agate that was collected from Texas. This specimen features a mixture of orange, red and white-blue coloration. It comes with an acrylic display stand.
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
Texas
SIZE
4.7 x 3.6", .3" thick
CATEGORY
ITEM
#227650