This is a Moroccan agate floater with a gorgeous pattern and colors. The agate pattern floats in clear silica with white banding around gold bands with a dark red center. There is an open aperture with a drusy quartz crystal center. It has some interesting globular structures along the right side in the red area. There are a few hairline fractures running through the agate, but they do not detract from it's beauty. It has a mirror polish.

JAU36 - Moroccan Agate
- Archived
Bou Hamza, Sidi Ayed, Boulemane Province, Morocco
8.6 x 6.1 x 4.5 cm -

This is a Moroccan agate in the host rock. This is a beautifully well defined banded agate with stark red and pink banding. It has a crystal quartz center. There are three tiny hairline fractures you can see under magnification. The host rock has a green tint, possibly from chlorite in the rock. It has a mirror polish.

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JAU37 - Moroccan Agate
- Archived
Bou Hamza, Sidi Ayed, Boulemane Province, Morocco
7.5 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm -

This is a Moroccan agate in the host rock. It has dark red, white and orange banding in a red field and there are white microspheres around the interior orange band. There is also a silica filled pocket on the bottom right of the agate face. There is one fracture running across the dark red area on the right side. The agate face has a mirror polish.

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JAU38 - Moroccan Agate
- Archived
Bou Hamza, Sidi Ayed, Boulemane Province, Morocco
5.5 x 2.7 x 4.2 cm -

This is a Moroccan agate floating in clear silica/chalcedony. The colors are yellow, orange and dark red with white banding that make this a stunning agate. It also has a slit of quartz in the center. There are some chips out of the top of the silica and a tiny fracture at the bottom, neither within the agate pattern. The agate pattern can also be seen on the back of the agate. It has a mirror polish.

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LAV17 - Dryhead Agate
- Archived
Pryor Mountains, Montana, USA
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This is a Dryhead agate from Montana. It is a banded agate with all of the colors associated with this agate type. It does have fractures but, if you were that old... It is from the Hauser collection, it fluoresces under UV light and it has a mirror polish.

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