Cape Blomidon Chalcedony /
Agate / Jasper
AKA: Bay of Fundy Chalcedony, North Mountain Chalcedony
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Cape Blomidon Chalcedony / agate / jasper has shades of white, blue, brown, tan, yellow, red, and purple. Fortifications and banding commonly occurs.
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Fine grain
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Cape Blomidon Chalcedony is associated with the North Mountain Formation basalts exposed in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.
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