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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
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.}
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.}
| Very Rare! |
| Notice to Our Customers We will be closed from May 18th through August 15th 2012 to relocate our business. Orders placed during this time will not be shipped until after August 15th. Purchases or Reservations will be honored in the date order they are received. 1st purchaser is served 1st. |