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This is a Montana agate. This agate is mostly clear silica with filigree structures in it and an unusual mass on the right with a slightly open aperture. Even the skin is hardened silica/chalcedony. It has amirro polish and no fractures.
5.7 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
This is a Moroccan agate with fine white banding within an amalgamation of colors and patterns. The most striking feature of this agate is the open crystal quartz aperture filled with sprays of crystallized Goethite. It looks amazing under the microscope! There is one fracture near the top left edge and the polish is slightly rounded over on the bottom left side. It has a mirror polish.
This is a Moroccan agate slab, polished on one side only. It is polycentric and has an orbicular structure at the top left and in the bottom left quartz center. You can see light through the center of the quartz when held to light. There are tubes and eyes in the outer areas and the colorations are red, gold and peach. There is one fracture at the bottom left in the quartz zone. It has a mirror polish.
This is Moroccan agate slab with a rough back that looks like it was naturally broken and not chipped away. This is a cool slab with a happy face in the crystal quartz center. It has two eyes and a mouth within peach colored banding. There are tubes and eyes all around the center in shades of gold and red. You can see light through the quartz center and it has no fractures and a mirror polish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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