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TitleChalcedony
DescriptionChalcedony is a cyptocrystalline (crystals too small to be seen even by a microscope) variety of quartz. These varieties are divided more by character than by color. Chalcedony or agate is divided into innumeral types that have been named for locally common varieties.
PhotographerShannon Heinle. 2001-06-25.
CollectionUniversity of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1636.
Key wordschalcedony, cyptocrystalline
Tech details188 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens.
GeoDIL number847