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BANDED AGATE
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FRESHWATER PEARL
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Agate is a variety of chalcedony formed from layers of quartz which usually show varicolored bands.
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When an irritant enters a mollusk's shell, a lustrous substance called nacre is secreted to coat the irritant for protection and a freshwater pearl is formed.
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RUTILATED QUARTZ
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SMOKEY QUARTZ
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This form of quartz, known as Rutilated Quartz, looks like small bars of imbedded gold.
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Smoky Quartz is macrocrystalline variety of Quartz. The range of "smoky" colors, transparent brown, gray or black, found in this crystal come from clear Rock Crystal Quartz.
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