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Description
Locality: 
Central Java Province, Indonesia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm
Description

This kind of chalcedony is also known as "Fossil Bamboo". There are different opinions about the genesis: some think it is chalcedony which represents overgrowths of iron oxide rhizolite. Others say it is agate casts after a variety of marsh grasses or other wetland plant stems. However, the chalcedony (or agate) is unusual and impressive. Finger-shaped agate with great construction and color. This piece comes out of its pocked in perfect condition and with three-dimensional constuction.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agate

Variety Of: 

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0