SCOTTISH AGATE BURNANNE SPECIMEN POLISHED. Lovely Burnanne specimen, found, cut and polished by myself
Agate is an end piece , Size is 48mm long x 40mm x 20mm at thickest part, would suit collector, fine grade specimen
Burn Anne material mainly occurs as veins or “lenses”. The beautiful vein agate is found as brick-sized blocks of material within the soft, almost clay like, pale-green “rotted” lava. Occasionally specimens can be found that show a brecciated structure that has been re-cemented with the mineral Calcite. In many cases the most beautiful patterns and colours occur towards the edges of the agate. Matthew F. Heddle described the Burn Anne agate as being “altogether unrivalled in beauty”. The colour of the fortification agates includes red, orange, yellow and white and is associated with grey and pale purple chalcedony. Some of the most desirable material shows a white and yellow banding, and this is the classic “type” from this locality. The jasp-agate locally described as “moss” comprises beautiful patterned greens, greys, yellows and browns and it was this material that was widely used in Scottish Pebble Jewellery.
Because the agate veins mainly lie several feet below ground level finding any agates ay the Burn Anne is not easy and usually requires a lot of hard work.