4.8" Polished Moss Agate Sphere - Madagascar

This is a gorgeous, 4.8" wide sphere made from polished moss agate that was collected from Madagascar. There are beautiful pink and orange mineral formations throughout the agate, with banded agate wrapping around many of these included minerals.

Comes with the pictured 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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Chalcedony var. Agate
LOCATION
Madagascar
SIZE
4.8" across
CATEGORY
ITEM
#121977