[Rockhounds] "intense red agate", a question from off-list

DonH donhalterman at verizon.net
Mon Mar 17 18:39:19 PDT 2008


Tim Fisher wrote:


> Hungarian "geyserite" (i.e., hot spring calcite) he brought me that is 
> good for nothing but its looks and carving. If someone wants to carve me 
> something nice they can have it all (hint!)...

Do you have a UV light?  Sometimes geyserite fluoresces, due to trace 
amounts of uranyl...

Don





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