5.2" Purple, Botryoidal Grape Agate With Quartz - Indonesia

This is a beautiful purple grape agate specimen from Sulawesi, Indonesia. It shows sparkly druzy crystals and a well-defined botryoidal structure from which the name comes. Small, twinned botryoidal quartz crystals can be found peppered across the grape agate spheres, with an appearance similar to that of double terminated quartz. These botryoidal crystals are likely formations of the agate that didn't accumulate to the point of complete spherical growth.

Grape agate is the name given to a purple botryoidal form of chalcedony found in the Batu Manakarra mining district on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island. It forms in clusters that often resemble bunches of small grapes, and colors can range from pale to deep purple and even green. Some specimens can be quite sparkly due to minute quartz crystal growing on the spheres. Grape agate is a relatively new material on the market, first exported from Indonesia around 2015.
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SPECIES
Quartz var. Chalcedony
LOCATION
Batu Manakarra Mining District, Sulawesi, Indonesia
SIZE
5.2 x 2.4"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#109428