Death Valley Agate
AKA: Death Valley Plume, Death Valley Golden
Agate, Wingate Pass Agate
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Death Valley Agate occurs in both moss and
plume agate with a translucent blue matrix and inclusions and plumes of red with
yellow, red, and brown red with yellow poppies
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster: Glossy
Translucency: Translucent to opaque
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Distribution Comments:
Death Valley Agate outcrops in Death Valley, Wingate Pass and Owl Hole in
Death Valley, San Bernardino County, California.
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