Agate GRAPE specimen - beautiful and rare purple grape agate Lot E abalone paua shell Tiny dots of chlorite look

Tiny dots of chlorite look like they are scattered across its surface but are really inside the crystals

PICTURES:  The pictures of a 1/2 pound package are typical of the size and quality of stones in this lot

SIZE:  Most are 1-1/4" or larger

It is a zinc mineral named after James Smithson

Agate GRAPE specimen - beautiful and rare purple grape agate Lot E abalone paua shell Tiny dots of chlorite lookGRAPE AGATE Grape agate in general: Grape agate is on my top ten of favorite stones. This rare formation of botryoidal purple agate is only found in one place in the world a 25 square kilometer area of the Manakarra mining district on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes). The color of grape agate ranges from a light lilac to deep purple. Some specimens show a spectrum of colors from turquoise and green to blue to purple. Rounded balls arise