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Seeking opinions on 3 shadow agates.

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« on: March 10, 2017, 08:01:50 pm »

Adrian,

Here is a similar bottle in my collection.  Yes, as Tom indicates it is a natural, unaltered, agate stone.  This cameo rock seems to be from a plentiful source for I have see a number of bottles and other art cameo items made with the same material in similar designs. 

My sense is the cameo material is not necessarily an agate band. It likely could be that of another rock mineral that has been pushed up through small fissures or seams of fractured agate during a hydrothermal event and has fused with the agate material.  See image below. 

Hydrothermal vein: In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. Veins form when mineral constituents carried by an aqueous solution within the rock mass are deposited through precipitation. The hydraulic flow involved is usually due to hydrothermal circulation.   
 
Two Horses: High grade agate with a skillfully carved cameo of two horses under a pine tree. Sufficiently hollowed to the point that bottle floats.  The surface of the bottle is quite smooth and polished to a mirror finish.  Suitable matching agate stopper with a bone spoon.  Size: 5.2cm in height (without stopper) x 5.2cm wide x 4.0cm thick.  Quite contemporary!



Charll


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Charll K Stoneman, Eureka, California USA, Collector Since 1979.

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