agate

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A variety of chalcedony, a type of quartz. Agate is a very hard stone valued for its bands of color. One kind of agate for which the Southwest is particularly well-known is petrified wood agate, much of which can be viewed at Petrified Forest National Park, due west of the Zuni Reservation.

Photo Credit

 
Pieces of raw agate gathered near Abiquiu, New Mexico. cobalt123, photograph dated April 11, 2012.

Published Works
Dance Hall of the Dead (1973)
Term Type
Natural Environment Reference
Manuscript Occurrences

 
A04 Dancehall of the Dead (02-04) p. 17

References

 
Petrified Forest National Park, National Park Service
 2014 Agate House. http://www.nps.gov/pefo/historyculture/agate-house.htm, accessed August 27, 2014.