This agatized coral is simply amazing. The interior chambers of this piece look like windows into another time. The front face of this specimen has been polished. If you look closely you will see its beauty.
This piece is very unique and will make a great display piece. The perfect example of nature and mineral combined to add to your collection.
The name “agatized coral” alludes to its origin, in which chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz) has replaced coral. Agatized quartz's few important collecting localities include Florida and West Virginia.
Agatized quartz forms when silica replaces the aragonite and organic materials in coral after hot it has been buried. It often has a somewhat geodic structure and polychrome colors. Many specimens also have druzy coatings of colorless, macro crystalline quartz crystals. Agatized coral retains some of the cellular and surface features of the original coral. It is recovered from weathered limestone and other sedimentary rocks.
Metaphysical practitioners believe that agatized coral has unusually high energy because it combines the energies of coral and quartz. It is thought to increase general awareness of life's interactions, helps to recall memories, and provide the willingness to accept others and meet life with a giving heart. Native Americans of Florida utilized agatized coral extensively to manufacture tools and weapons. In 1979, agatized coral was officially named the state stone of Florida.
Size: height 3" (at highest point) x length 4.5" x thickness .5"
Locality: Withlacoochee River, Florida
Product code: Agatized Coral Fossil Specimen hot AGC2