5.5" Polished Wyloo Agate Slab - Australia

Polished Wyloo Agate Slab - Australia #239871

This is a gorgeous slab of Wyloo agate from Western Australia. It has been cut into a slab and polished to a mirror like finish revealing some very interesting geometric patterns. Wyloo agate, also known as Ashburton agate, was formed about 900 million years ago when silica-rich solutions entered the 2 billion year old dolomite host rocks after a major tectonic event. This resulted in agate formations and pockets of quartz crystals.

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 rock and/or fossils, resulting in deposition of the silica along the walls of the rock. This process can result in banding patterns as the composition and impurities of the fluids change over time. These banding patterns can either form as flat layers or rounded layers, depending on the surfaces available for deposition.

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