April 12, 2024
BRIGHT AGATE GEODE PURPLE CRYSTAL QUARTZ CUT BASE 1756
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HIGH QUALITY AGATE GEODE PURPLE CRYSTAL QUARTZ CUT BASE 1756 You are looking at an Extra High Quality polished AGATE GEODE, with a cut base for displaying, from BRAZIL. Each one is unique and personally hand selected by us. No two geodes are exactly alike.You will receive the ACTUAL SPECIMEN shown in these pictures. In addition, this item is being offered with NO reserve and a LOW starting bid. SIZE: 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2" WEIGHT: 14 ozThe term geode is derived from the Greek word Geoides, which means "earthlike." A geode is a sp shaped rock, which contains a hollow cavity, lined with crystals. A geode, which is completely filled with small compact crystal formations such as agate, jasper or chalcedony is called a nodule. The only difference between a geode and a nodule is that a geode has a hollow cavity, and a nodule is solid.Geodes begin as bubbles in volcanic rock or as animal burrows, tree roots or mud balls in sedimentary rock. Over time, the outer shell of the spherical shape hardens, and water containing silica precipitation forms on the inside walls of the hollow cavity within the geode. The silica precipitation can contain any variety of dissolved minerals, the most common being quartz, but amethyst and calcite are also found.Over a period of thousands of years, layers of silica cool, forming crystals of different minerals
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