Color:  Horse Mountain Agate is a variegated chalcedony with colors of white, light blue, smoky tinted, yellow, amber, red, and black.  Carnelian also occurs.

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster: Glossy

Translucency:  Translucent and opaque

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Distribution Comments:

Horse Mountain Agate is associated with the Hermitage Formation of west Tennessee.  Primary outcroppings are located west of Wartrace, Tennessee, Horse Mountain, Bedford County.  Outcroppings also reported southwest of Normandy Reservoir and along Philippi Creek.