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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire agate | Birefringence | 0.003 to 0.009 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Category | Tectosilicate minerals | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Cleavage | Absent | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Color | Red to orange, brown, iridescent flashes | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Common impurities | Iron oxides (limonite or goethite) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Crystal habit | Frequently botryoidal, microgranular aggregates | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Crystal system | Trigonal (quartz), monoclinic (moganite) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Diaphaneity | Translucent to opaque | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Formula | Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Formula mass | 60 g / mol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Fracture | Uneven, splintery, conchoidal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Group | Quartz group | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | IMA status | Variety of quartz (chalcedony) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Luster | Waxy, vitreous | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Mohs scale hardness | 6.5-7 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Optical properties | Uniaxial (+) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Pleochroism | None | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Refractive index | 1.530 to 1.543 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Specific gravity | 2.60- 2.64 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | Streak | White | 1.00 | infobox |
| Fire agate | is a | variety of chalcedony that displays fire-like iridescent flashes | 0.90 | text |
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