Omineca Agate
AKA: Francois Lake Agate
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Omineca Agate is banded and ranges from a red, crimson, and pink amygdaloidal agate.
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Omineca Agate occurs around as cobble on the shores and as
nodules in the basalt flows around Francois Lake near Omineca and in the
Omineca Mountains of British Columbia.
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