Description
different format
and the stone has been set into rings and seals wherever its patterns suggested gardens
across every language that has handled the resin
chosen for its form
Black Agate Tumbled Stone Black Agate different formatBlack agate small tumble polished stones of deep black chalcedony, some crossed by fine grey white banding, filled layer by layer in a volcanic cavity. Smooth in the hand, sold in a small set. From India. Agate fills a cavity in volcanic rock layer by layer, each band of silica laid on the one before; black agate reads as deep black, some stones crossed by fine parallel grey and white, no two the same. It is the banded cousin of onyx. Agate is named