Fluorescent Agate Mushrooms shell high altitude

high altitude

5 on Mohs scale with a trigonal crystal structure

Spirit Quartz (Cactus Quartz) is a unique variety of quartz that is formed in the fissures and crevices of rocks

The banding and layering

This piece is cut and polished to stand upright

Fluorescent Agate Mushrooms shell high altitudeThe Chinese Fluorescent Agate is actually a chalcedony than an agate lacking the formation lines found in agates. This material reacts with a UV 254 365 light. Chalcedony is a microscopic quartz formation found around volcanic activity and sedimentary rocks. it is translucent to opaque with a waxy, greasy, or silky luster, often showing botryoidal, or rounded, habits. It forms at low temperatures in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary environments,