1.8" Natural Polished Red Silk Banded Agate Chalcedony Mineral Specimen

Location: Madagascar

Weight: 1.8 Ounces

Dimensions: 1.8 Inches Long, 1.7 Inches Wide, 0.7 Inches Thick 

The item pictured is the one you will receive.  

Agate is the name given to numerous varieties of banded Chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz family. Its name comes from the Achates River in Sicily, where Agates were first found. Usually banded in layers or stripes, some varieties have "eye" markings or specks of color, some have fossilized inclusions, and others are solid. Called the Earth rainbow, the concentric bands of Agate form in nearly every color the Earth can produce, including a colorless form.

Agate has quite the adventurous past! Found alongside Neolithic treasures, it served as healing amulets and stylish adornments all the way back to Babylon. Its magical reputation traveled through ancient Greece and Egypt, spreading like wildfire across Africa, the Middle East, and Russia. Plus, it kickstarted a famous stone cutting and polishing craze in Germany that thrived from the 15th century to the 1800s—and it's still going strong today!