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Fire agate

Fire agate is a variety of chalcedony that displays fire-like iridescent flashes. It is found only in certain areas of central and northern Mexico and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona and California). Despite its name, it is not a true agate, since it typically does not have bands. Approximately 24-36 million years ago, during the…

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Birefringence
0.003 to 0.009
Category
Tectosilicate minerals
Cleavage
Absent
Color
Red to orange, brown, iridescent flashes
Common impurities
Iron oxides (limonite or goethite)
Crystal habit
Frequently botryoidal, microgranular aggregates

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Fire agate

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Fire agate

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related to External links · 4
Fire agate → Fire, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Birefringence · 1
Fire agate → 0.003 to 0.009
Category · 1
Fire agate → Tectosilicate minerals
Cleavage · 1
Fire agate → Absent
Color · 1
Fire agate → Red to orange, brown, iridescent flashes
Common impurities · 1
Fire agate → Iron oxides (limonite or goethite)
Crystal habit · 1
Fire agate → Frequently botryoidal, microgranular aggregates
Crystal system · 1
Fire agate → Trigonal (quartz), monoclinic (moganite)
Diaphaneity · 1
Fire agate → Translucent to opaque
Formula · 1
Fire agate → Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2)

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fire iridescent agate chalcedony agates iron silica goethite limonite found areas citation needed rainbow colors variety flashes hardness 5-7 mohs

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Fire agateBirefringence0.003 to 0.0091.00infobox
Fire agateCategoryTectosilicate minerals1.00infobox
Fire agateCleavageAbsent1.00infobox
Fire agateColorRed to orange, brown, iridescent flashes1.00infobox
Fire agateCommon impuritiesIron oxides (limonite or goethite)1.00infobox
Fire agateCrystal habitFrequently botryoidal, microgranular aggregates1.00infobox
Fire agateCrystal systemTrigonal (quartz), monoclinic (moganite)1.00infobox
Fire agateDiaphaneityTranslucent to opaque1.00infobox
Fire agateFormulaSilica (silicon dioxide, SiO2)1.00infobox
Fire agateFormula mass60 g / mol1.00infobox
Fire agateFractureUneven, splintery, conchoidal1.00infobox
Fire agateGroupQuartz group1.00infobox
Fire agateIMA statusVariety of quartz (chalcedony)1.00infobox
Fire agateLusterWaxy, vitreous1.00infobox
Fire agateMohs scale hardness6.5-71.00infobox
Fire agateOptical propertiesUniaxial (+)1.00infobox
Fire agatePleochroismNone1.00infobox
Fire agateRefractive index1.530 to 1.5431.00infobox
Fire agateSpecific gravity2.60- 2.641.00infobox
Fire agateStreakWhite1.00infobox
Fire agateis avariety of chalcedony that displays fire-like iridescent flashes0.90text

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