Agate / Crystal Geode

Black, glossy shells with caramel bands and a pale hollow inside.

This is an agate and crystal geode. Agate is a banded variety of chalcedony, a microcrystalline form of quartz, and its layers often appear in bands of white, gray, blue or brown. Two dark rounded halves, polished glossy on their cut faces. Tan and honey-colored bands circle a white cavity, one with a bumpy cluster and the other with bright white flecks. The outer skin is pitted and rough. It is 5.5 inches wide, 5 deep and 3.25 high.

Dark and moody outside, bright and talkative inside.