DENDRITIC MOSS AGATE DENDRITIC OPALITE WESTERN AUSTRALIA 87 X 60 X 32 MM 162 G 

Western Australia hosts many deposits of Dendritic Moss Agate, also known as Common Opalite or Moss opal.

Most of it occurs in the Eastern Goldfields area near the towns of Leonora, Kalgoorlie and Norseman. 

Dendritic Moss Agate is a variety of Chalcedony with tree-like natural inclusion in the opal stone, and frequently containing green mineral inclusions, such as Chlorite, Hornblende, etc., or brown to black dendrites of Iron or Manganese Oxides.

It's a name given to any common opal with a tree or fern like silicates or manganese oxides. The Mohs scale in hardness is 7.

This listing is for a cabinet size rough specimen of Dendritic Moss Agate originating from the mining area called Grant's Patch, 50 km North West of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. It measures approx. 87 x 60 x 32 mm at widest points, and weighs 162 g.


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