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| VERY RARE Idar-Oberstein Crystal Agate Geode half from Setz Quarry, Germany (polished) $32.00 Quantity Available 1 each |
Polished half, Idar-Oberstein Crystal Agate Geode
This specimen weighs 104g (3.68oz) and measures 7.3 x 6.1 x 1.8cm (2.9 x 2.4 x 0.7in)
Agates around Idar-Oberstein are found in the so called Rotliegend, in basalt flows from the Permian age. These flows
produce a lot of different types of agates in very different places. The best finds one can make in the quarries around
Idar-Oberstein. Some are really famous like the Setz Quarry, the Vollmersbach Quarry and the Bernhardt Quarry. Also
the quarry near Freisen is famous for it’s agates and smokey quartz with goethite crystals. Unfortunately these quarries
are closed now.
be seen in the basalt cliffs of the area, pieces of usable size were and are now extremely rare. {Amygdules form when
calcite, quartz, chlorite or one of the zeolites, which are deposited by having minerals "wash" through the pores in the
the vesicular cavities (created by expanding gas bubbles in volcanic lava) are filled with a secondary mineral such as
calcite, quartz, chlorite or one of the zeolites, which are deposited by having minerals "wash" through the pores in the
outside, making some amygdules concentrically layered.}rock. They are filled from the outside, making some
amygdules concentrically layered.}rock. They are filled from the outside, making some amygdules concentrically
layered.}
This specimen weighs 104g (3.68oz) and measures 7.3 x 6.1 x 1.8cm (2.9 x 2.4 x 0.7in)
Agates around Idar-Oberstein are found in the so called Rotliegend, in basalt flows from the Permian age. These flows
produce a lot of different types of agates in very different places. The best finds one can make in the quarries around
Idar-Oberstein. Some are really famous like the Setz Quarry, the Vollmersbach Quarry and the Bernhardt Quarry. Also
the quarry near Freisen is famous for it’s agates and smokey quartz with goethite crystals. Unfortunately these quarries
are closed now.
be seen in the basalt cliffs of the area, pieces of usable size were and are now extremely rare. {Amygdules form when
calcite, quartz, chlorite or one of the zeolites, which are deposited by having minerals "wash" through the pores in the
the vesicular cavities (created by expanding gas bubbles in volcanic lava) are filled with a secondary mineral such as
calcite, quartz, chlorite or one of the zeolites, which are deposited by having minerals "wash" through the pores in the
outside, making some amygdules concentrically layered.}rock. They are filled from the outside, making some
amygdules concentrically layered.}rock. They are filled from the outside, making some amygdules concentrically
layered.}