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Quartz var. Banded Agate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

 
Quartz var. Banded Agate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Quartz var. Banded Agate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Quartz var. Banded Agate from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 61654
Mineral:Quartz var. Banded Agate
Locality:Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Description:Large nodule of banded agate sawn and polished on the face to highlight the internal growth patterns. This is an old agate dating to the early Brazilian agate mining by Germans that needed to replace exhausted agate beds at Idar Oberstein. From a private collection donated to Manhattanville College ca. 1910.
Overall Size:14x8x7 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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