Youngite
Agate (Jasper) (WY),
is
an agatized rehealed breccia jasper found in the Guernsey Limestone near
Hartville, Platte county Wyoming.
It may have a gray translucent druzy quartz around the outer part
of the material. The drusy
quartz usually fluoresces green.
The jasper center varies in color from a light tan, to a peach,
brown, reddish, salmon and variations of these colors. The material is
very hard and was used by native people to make jewelry.
Youngite is a rare variety of quartz (Silicon Dioxide) and has a
Mohs Scale hardness of 7.
Under long wavelength fluorescent light, it yields a blue network of
fluorescence that follows the bands of drusy quartz.
Youngite is associated with the Guernsey Limestone Formation of southeastern Wyoming. Primary sources are in the Hartsville Wyoming in central eastern Wyoming and into northwestern Nebraska.