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Agate Bookends 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6fBrazilian Agates are found in the southern states in basalt formations from 4 to 40 feet deep and at elevations of about 2500 to 3500 feet above sea level. Agate is a variety of silica composed of alternating layers of various colored chert or quartz. Agates were named after the Acate River in Sicily where the stones were originally found. The most accepted theory as to how these Agates formed is that as lava cooled, gas and steam accumulated to form

This happens when the original rock- forming materials are fractured or distorted in the ground and then are later filled in with other minerals

as the later migrated out of Africa

It is composed of microscopically fine fibrous crystals

as much of the area has been picked over and is depleted

and could easily stand alone or be worn as a group for a rich look

Stegosaurus is a genus of herbivorous thyreophoran dinosaur

Much of a Crinoids vital organs

As light strikes the specimen it is broken up by these layers and scattered by defraction

similar to their distant relative Allosaurus

During the 1950's

is a stone of personal power

They most commonly are found in the river cliffs and stream banks of western and southwestern Illinois