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8" Colorful Polished Banded Agate Nodule - Utah
This is a gorgeous polished agate nodule that was collected in Utah. The agate features a beautiful range of color hues including red, pink, and light blue. It has been polished to a glossy finish across one end, and measures 8" long.
This specimen would make for an excellent display piece, or even could be used to cut several slabs and polish. There is a repaired crack through this nodule.
This specimen would make for an excellent display piece, or even could be used to cut several slabs and polish. There is a repaired crack through this nodule.
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.
$149
