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Thundereggs Are Nature’s “Loot Boxes” and Can Hold Hold Geological Masterpieces Inside

Thundereggs look like regular rocks from the outside, but contain intricate and colorful mineral patterns inside — often made ...
The New York Times

Some Agates Display Scenes Painted by Nature

Mineral deposits can create markings that look like forests or mountains, and experts say each stone is distinctive. By Jill Newman When Tarun Adlakha displays a dendritic agate, with its finely ...
The Financial Times

The many layered allure of agate

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Agate, chalcedony formed from layers of quartz and often treacle-brown, has long been associated with 1970s ...
New Scientist

See the exquisite inner world of the gemstone crazy lace agate

THIS exquisite image captures the astonishing internal structure of crazy lace agate, also known as Mexican agate. This section of the mineral is some 65 million years old. Agate is related to quartz ...