Grape Agate - Specimen bopper quartz crystallized alongside boron-rich fluids

quartz crystallized alongside boron-rich fluids that allowed tourmaline to grow in elongated prisms

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Grape Agate - Specimen bopper quartz crystallized alongside boron-rich fluidsMined from: Mamuju area, West Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia Description: This one of a kind grape agate specimen has a broad, sculptural shape with a pointed extension on one side and a thicker, rounded mass on the other, giving it a naturally dramatic outline. The entire surface is covered in tightly packed botryoidal growths made up of tiny rounded spheres, creating the soft, grape like texture this material is known for. Color ranges across