Agate
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Oxide
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Colour
- White, Grey, Red, Blue, Brown
- Lustre
- Glassy, Resinous
- Use
- Jewellery
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its name is said to come from the river Achates in Sicily, where the ancient Greeks found it.
- Kozákov in northern Bohemia is a well-known Czech locality of agates found in old volcanic rock.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q123314 · All stones · All entries