Polished Agate Geode

Polished Agate Geode from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Old specimen of polished Agate showing the bold internal, banded growth patterns with a small internal geode cavity. Dates to the early days of Agate mining in Brazil, when the German Agate beds became exhausted forcing them to obtain Agates for carving elsewhere.


Cut

11.0 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm.

Locality

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


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