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Light Tree Agate / 24MM Trangle Nugget
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Item #: GEM020282
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Quantity: one / 8 inch strand / approximately 8 pieces
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Shape: triangle nugget
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Material: tree agate / light
- Grade: A+
- Treatment: natural
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Mohs Hardness: 7
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Color: green / white
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Finish: gloss / opaque
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Size: average 24mm x 14mm x 14mm -
Hole size: average 2.2mm
- End to end hole length: average 24mm
Agate is a cryptocrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony,
charecterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color.
Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are
classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rock.The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates (Greek: Ἀχάτης) sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Colorful agates and other chalcedonies were obtained over 3,000 years ago from the Achates River, now called Drillo, in Silicy.
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