Quartz var: Agate (''Laguna Agate'')

Item Description

Laguna Agates are some of the most popular, sought after and eye-catching Agates from any world locality. Their beautiful coloring and excellent, defined banding patterns are about as good as it gets for this variety of Quartz. I should point out that Agates are defined as a variety of Chalcedony, which is a variety of cryptocrystalline Quartz. The best Laguna Agates fetch big price tags in the Agate collecting community, and it's easy to see why. This particular piece has a gorgeous pattern with hues ranging from lavender to reddish-brown to pink with various shades in between. It's slightly gemmy when backlit, and actually fluoresces under UV light. A lovely specimen of this famous material. From the collection of Richard ("Dick") Philip Hauck formerly of Bloomfield, New Jersey and now a resident of Franklin, New Jersey. Dick is an avid collector of minerals, books, and mining memorabilia, along with being an accomplished author in the mineral world. Arguably, his greatest claim to fame is being the co-founder of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, NJ. Dick purchased the land on which the Sterling Hill Mine resides in 1988, and the museum has been running strong since.