Paisley Agate Cabochon 31ct

Paisley Agate Cabochon 31ctPaisley agate comes from the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles. It comes in several patterns with plume, breccia, etc. embedded in white holding chalcedony agate. Like much of earthquake prone California material, healed, semi healed, and open fractures are something one deals with, usually by filling, as it rarely has pretty crystal vugs. The colors are attractive, however, so it has always been desirable. Almost all that area is now closed to

Whilst some trees simply decompose others become buried in sediment and a huge amount of volcanic ash

Skaggs Jasper has been mined out for decades making it very hard to find

Named after it's mined location

Montana agate comes from the Yellowstone River area of Montana

5 approximate

The Cady Mountains in South California is well known for its variety of lapidary material and is the source of some of the best agates and jaspers in the world

Carats: 5cts

Dimensions at widest points: 3

Carats: 44cts

45 x 3 x 0

Discovered and mined in the 60s by Oregon rock shop owners Hoot Elkins and Shirts Quant

This example has been round cut by Sarah to display all its folds and layers of rich chocolate brown