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Title:
Polished Agate
Object name(s):
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
Brief description:
A cut and polished specimen of brown agate. Characterised by concentric, banded fibrous layers of brown and red. Layers are on the mm scale and are often waxy. Specimen is cryptocrystalline.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Inscription content:
16
Object name:
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
Object number:
GE12113
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/345e4cbd-cd3b-3867-8cdf-f60b8f57858f

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/345e4cbd-cd3b-3867-8cdf-f60b8f57858f, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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