11.7" Exceptional, Polished Turkish Stick Agate Slab - Turkey

Exceptional, Polished Turkish Stick Agate Slab - Turkey #285721

This is a large and gorgeous slab of Turkish stick agate from the mines of Ankara, Turkey. It is polished to a mirror-finish on one side and features beautiful aragonite "stick" crystal formations that became encapsulated in agate. One of the photos above shows the translucence of the agate by backlighting the specimen.

This specimen comes with an display stand.

Stick Agate, also known as "Needle Agate", is a formation of agate that comes from mines in Ankara, Turkey. This agate often features stick-like formations surrounded by agate. This occurs when agate fills a cavity within a rock that already contains mineral formations throughout. In the case of these stick agates from Turkey, the agate formed as a pseudomorph after aragonite and/or sagenite crystals. In some cases, these aragonite crystals form as hollow tubes that, when polished, contain agate and/or druzy quartz within.

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