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Most of the thirty-two pages on Moroccan agate are color plates of superb geodes with fantastic patterns and inclusions.
The branching dendrites found in moss agate were created by mineral deposits of manganese and iron trapped in fissures within the rock.
The most spectacular inclusions are bands of native copper that are in and follow the chalcedony concentric banding of the agate.
Also, I can remember the beam balance with its brass pans, agate fulcrum and box of weights.
Colors in the agate are due to traces of iron and manganese oxides or to light diffusion in colloids.
The samples were cut repeatedly with scissors and then ground to a fine dust with an agate mortar and pestle.
My necklaces are made mainly of semiprecious stones, such as agate, quartz, amber, rock crystal and jade.
Attractive gemstone paintings, which use garnet, turquoise, yellow agate and red jasper, from Agra catch the attention of visitors.
It has a three-button continental placket with polished agate buttons, a knit collar welt, sleeve bands, and a hemmed bottom with side vents.
The raw materials of these tools were pottery, porcelain, copper, iron, lacquer, wood, bamboo, stone, jade, jadeite, agate and coral.
For most large deposits of agate or silicified wood, silica was derived from the decomposition of volcanic rocks.
In fact, seventeen of the fifty-seven sites are specifically listed for agate, chalcedony, chert, jasper, or petrified wood.
Many ideas have been proposed for the development of chalcedony and the banding in agate.
A well-known locality for agate or chalcedony nodules in rhyolite is near the Twin Mountains, northwest of Del Norte in Saguache County.
The most spectacular inclusions are bands of native copper that parallel the concentric banding of the agate.
These are represented by horizontal bands of agate that usually form after concentric banding.
Subtly impressive was the beautifully banded agate Mughal fly whisk handle, tipped with a garnet on an amber collar and inset with emeralds.
The agate stones have a very earthy, grounding influence, which can be invaluable to the Mercurial personality.
Early cameos are carved from hardstones such as onyx, sardonyx, or agate, while later a number of less expensive substances were used that were also easier to carve.
For example, amethyst blends well with lavender, fire agate with sunflowers, citrine with chamomile, aventurine with mint, sunstone with marigolds or daisy, and so forth.
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She sent me fifty yards down the hill to pick up a piece of broken bottle which she insisted was moss agate!
The first of the third row was a ligure, then an amethyst, and the third an agate, being the ninth of the whole number.
Pour in half a cup of broth, cover, and set the terrine into an agate dish or a saucepan.
She sent me fifty yards down to the hill-side to pick up a piece of broken bottle which she insisted was moss agate.
On the street I met the stage manager and the tall, dark man just as they were coming out of the moss agate saloon.
As to the coming of the agate and the pouncet box, the minds of the boys were very hazy.
At my right was a regally gowned woman whose delicate features were now as hard as agate and whose eyes were avid.
Then the beast wept as the frore hills weep in the thaw, and the tears splashed big into the agate bowl.
His child-like face, with the soft, agate eyes, expressed only bewilderment.
Suddenly all is light and life and flight, Upon the sandy bottom, agate strewn.
The gems of onyx, carnelian and agate are later and bear various figures, and in some cases Arabic inscriptions.
The town is celebrated for its manufacture of agate and carnelian ornaments, of reputation principally in China.
All this rich land was thickly strewed with small fragments of fossil wood, in silex, agate, and chalcedony.
He hastened his steps, and quickly arrived at the gate of the palace, which was formed of a single agate.
Because there is nought agate that fits women to be consarned in.
It is a chalky white, and shows a growth of moss like that of moss agate.
And this some seers have professed to be the virtue of a stone of agate.
Other specimens imitated jade or agate or cornelian or some other stone.
Other gems discovered at the state park include amethyst, garnet, peridot, jasper, agate, calcite, barite and quartz.
Some of the bracelets are furnished with studs set with agate or coral.
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