Great South Gems & Minerals

• Fire Agete in thumbnail (Mexico) •

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• Fire Agate in thumbnail (Mexico) •

Quartz Family, chalcedony , Silicon Dioxide

Doesn't look like much, does it? Ahhhh.... but look closer! This polished Fire Agate is beautiful stuff! It looks like dark honey has been poured over bubbles that have a gold, red or green sheen. It looks great under normal room lighting, but it really shows its colors under sunlight!

Fire Agate is prized as a semi-precious gemstone and makes beautiful stones for all types jewelry. Agate is a member of the quartz family. Silicon Dioxide. Hardness 7. Fire agate is considered a Chalcedony. The beautiful colors of this stone are as a result of a play of light on the translucent inner formation of the stone.

These specimens fluoresce a bright green color under a long wave ultraviolet light.

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