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Aguas Calientes
fire agate gem 12/5/2015 02 - 15 x 14 x 4.1 mm - 6 carats.
Fire agate is one of the first of my lapidary loves. I've
always been fascinated with it's unique layers of fire
caused by micro thin deposits of limonite in the boytroidal
(bubbly) chalcedony as they formed. I think fire agate is
easily as beautiful as opal and sometimes even more
beautiful. This sweet little cab is double domed, it has
nearly full spectrum peacock purple fire on the contour
domed front and deeper red fire on the more rounded domed
back (last picture) all with super high gloss luster. You
must see this stone in motion to appreciate it so I put a
video on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/T8MR11sAFFc The video is pretty good
but the stone is even more beautiful in person. $85.00
shipped to USA - paypal
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