Lot of 7 small botryoidal chalcedonies from Indonesia - 22g | PCGRAP-38

If you are looking for a rare and unusual mineral to add to your collection and join your other wonders, here is our selection of botryoidal or grape chalcedony, mistakenly called grape agate (no, it is not an agate at all!).

Hailing from the island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, botryoidal chalcedony is made up of quartz crystallites that strangely resemble a bunch of grapes. Primarily purple with some light to very dark shades for the rarest ones, white, gray, or green botryoidal chalcedony can also be found.

Characteristics of botryoidal chalcedony:

• Lengths: Between 1.1cm and 4.2cm
• Widths: Between 1cm and 2.3cm
• Heights: 1cm on average
• Total Weight of the 7 pieces: 22g
• Hardness of chalcedony: 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale
• Variety of chalcedony in microcrystalline quartz form

Aspects of grape chalcedony:

Here is a lot of 7 small botryoidal chalcedonies selected for you. The group consists of sublime small pieces of high quality, all different from each other. You will find a long green chalcedony measuring 4.2cm, another shiny purple one formed of microcrystals, a grape-grained chalcedony of a light, sparkling purple, a raw stone formed of grape clusters of a sublime purple, another chalcedony composed of a 6mm purple grain, a broken but nice Parma purple piece, and finally another purple chalcedony formed of many rounded quartz microcrystals. With this group of chalcedonies, you will have several nice variations to add to your collection.

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Note: Particular care has been taken to best respect the natural colors of the minerals offered to you. Photos are taken under the best conditions, and slightly retouched to best match the original stone. However, there may be slight contrasts due to the different screens used and their brightness.