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Agate

Agate (/ˈæɡɪt/ AG-it) is a banded variety of fibrous chalcedony. Agate stones are characterized by alternating bands of different colored chalcedony and often contain some visible quartz crystals. They are common in nature and can be found globally in a large number of different varieties. Most agates are concentrically banded, while some have bands that…

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Birefringence
Up to 0.004
Category
Tectosilicate minerals
Cleavage
None
Color
Often multicolored; commonly colorless, pale blue to black, red to orange, yellow, white, brown, pink, purple; rarely green
Crystal habit
Cryptocrystalline silica
Crystal system
Trigonal (quartz) or monoclinic (moganite)

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Composition

Structure

Formation

Variations

Uses

Treatment and processing

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  • ISBN ISBN (identifier)
  • Bibcode Bibcode (identifier)
  • Doi Doi (identifier)

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Agate

Nodes179
Edges178
Triples178
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011173
Components1

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Agate

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related to Sources · 19
Agate → Adventure Publications, Agates, Bob, Brian, Cromartie, Dan, Earth, Firefly Books, Guide, ISBN, Jackson, John, Lake Superior Agates Field, Lynch, Pabian, Peter, Roger, Tandy, Treasures
has treatment · 16
Agate → After, Black, Blue, Chalcedony, Fe2, Fe3, Germany, Green, Idar-Oberstein, Many, Prussian, Red, The, They, This, Yellow
related to Etymology · 15
Agate → According, Ancient Greek, Anglo-Norman French, BCE, Elder, English, Greek, However, Latin, Pliny, River Achates, Roman, Sicily, The, Theophrastus
related to Composition · 12
Agate → All, H2O, Macrocrystalline, Most, OH, Over, Si, Silanol, Silurian, SiO2, They, Unlike
related to Uses · 8
Agate → Agates, Australia, During, Historically, Industrial, Queensland, Second World War, Today
related to External links · 7
Agate → Agates Lexicon, An, Lincoln, Natural Resources, Nebraska, School, University
related to Internal structures · 7
Agate → Chalcedony, It, Sagenitic, The, These, Tube, Visible
related to Fibers · 6
Agate → Individual, Quartzine, The, There, These, X-ray
related to Fossil agate · 6
Agate → Although, Elimia, Examples, Fossil, This, Turritella
related to Nodular agate · 6
Agate → Agates, In, Lake Superior, Since, The, This

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agates form chalcedony bands also quartz silica varieties banding often used rock moss within banded inclusions found moganite fibers color

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AgateBirefringenceUp to 0.0041.00infobox
AgateCategoryTectosilicate minerals1.00infobox
AgateCleavageNone1.00infobox
AgateColorOften multicolored; commonly colorless, pale blue to black, red to orange, yellow, white, brown, pink, purple; rarely green1.00infobox
AgateCrystal habitCryptocrystalline silica1.00infobox
AgateCrystal systemTrigonal (quartz) or monoclinic (moganite)1.00infobox
AgateDensity2.6 g/cm31.00infobox
AgateDiaphaneityTransparent to opaque (usually translucent)1.00infobox
AgateDispersionNone1.00infobox
AgateFormulaSiO2 (silicon dioxide)1.00infobox
AgateFractureConchoidal1.00infobox
AgateGroupQuartz group1.00infobox
AgateIMA statusVariety of quartz (chalcedony)1.00infobox
AgateLusterWaxy, vitreous when polished1.00infobox
AgateMohs scale hardness6.5–71.00infobox
AgateOptical propertiesUniaxial (+)1.00infobox
AgatePleochroismAbsent1.00infobox
AgateRefractive index1.530-1.5431.00infobox
AgateSpecific gravity2.60–2.641.00infobox
AgateStreakWhite1.00infobox
AgateTenacityBrittle1.00infobox

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