6-1/2" Brazilian Agate Slice (with stand) Bronze Age meaning a gold-white spar

meaning a gold-white spar

or at least in family herds

Labradorite is in the feldspar family of minerals along with moonstone and sunstone

even though they looked much more similar to the nautilus

Many times

6-1/2" Brazilian Agate Slice (with stand) Bronze Age meaning a gold-white sparBrazilian Agates are found in the southern states in basalt formations from 4 to 40 feet deep and at elevations of about 2500 to 3500 feet above sea level. Agate is a variety of silica composed of alternating layers of various colored chert or quartz. Agates were named after the Acate River in Sicily where the stones were originally found. The most accepted theory as to how these Agates formed is that as lava cooled, gas and steam accumulated to form