Agate / Crystal Geode

Translucent and buttery, one half glowing with a small white bloom.

This is an agate and crystal geode. A geode is a hollow rock lined with mineral crystals, and it forms when mineral-bearing water slowly deposits material inside a cavity over a very long time. Couple of pale amber-cream halves with soft glassy depth. The smaller face shows a white granular center, while the larger has a faint oval highlight and fine, scattered points. Edges are rounded and smooth. It is 3 inches wide, 3 deep and 2.5 high.

Soft as butter, though firmly stone-hard.