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Quartz (variety: "Landscape" Agate)

Sometimes, agate grows in such a way that it looks like a painted landscape. Notice how this specimen appears to have a photo of the sunset, behind trees?

Group: Oxides
Catalog Number: 118171
Exchanged David P. Wilber 1965

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