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Faulted laguna agate

Well, this is what happens when an other wise gorgeous agate has the unfortunate luck of being directly in the path of a fault. This guy is showing about .5" of offset in the banding, and you can tell event that caused the fault was probably catastrophic due to the little agate fragments suspended in center of the agate (my favorite feature). I know this isn't the most ideal collection piece, but the geologist in me thinks this is too cool. Agate measures about 3"x2"

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Uploaded on January 21, 2011
Taken on January 20, 2011