The first picture is sunlight. The others pictures are indoor lighting. A truly incredible gemstone! Pictures do this stone no justice. Extremely bright red orange and green. Hints of purple and a tiny bit of blue under the green. The best fire agate I have cut to date.

Stone weight- 30.125 ct

Stone size-31.54/19.04/6.62 mm

All stones are 100% Natural and untreated. Always

Huge Gorgeous Untreated Extremely bright Arizona Deer creek carved Fire Agate one of a kind rare Gemstone. I put a lot of hours into cutting this beauty! If you are looking for a spectacular fire agate. One of the best you will find. You found it. This stone screams solid yellow gold! Let me know if I can answer any questions for you.

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Fire Agate, Slaughter Mountain

Mined in deer creek in Safford, AZ.

Fire agate, a variety of chalcedony, is a semi-precious natural gemstone discovered so far only in certain areas of central and northern Mexico and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona and California). Approximately 24-36 million years ago these areas were subjected to massive volcanic activity during the Tertiary Period. The fire agates were formed during this period of volcanism when hot water, saturated with silica and iron oxide, repeatedly filled cracks and bubbles in the surrounding rock.

Fire agate (type of chalcedony)

High Grade Deer Creek Arizona Fire Agate

Fire agates have beautiful iridescent rainbow colors, similar to opal, with a measurement of hardness on the Mohs scale of between 5 and 7 which reduces the occurrence of scratching when polished gemstones are set in jewelry. The vibrant iridescent rainbow colors found within fire agates, created by the Schiller effect as found in mother-of-pearl, is caused by the alternating silica and iron oxide layers which diffract and allow light to pass and form an interference of colors within the microstructure layering of the stone causing the fire effect for which it is named.