AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Brazil > Quartz var. Banded Agate |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 45506 |
Mineral: | Quartz var. Banded Agate |
Locality: | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Description: | Large nodule of banded agate sawn in half 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. |
Overall Size: | 15x10x8 cm |
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Archived: | For reference only |
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