Prudent Man Agate Slab yellow green cabochon 7mm at widest points

7mm at widest points

925 for the sterling silver content of this mixed-metal pair

Weight: 161 grams

They are three-billion-year-old mats of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)

these crystals display a striking chatoyance

Prudent Man Agate Slab yellow green cabochon 7mm at widest pointsPrudent Man Agate comes from an area near Mackay, Idaho. The name is a tongue in cheek reference to an old mining law called the Prudent Man clause, which states that claims are only valid if "a prudent man could make a living working on it," the claim owner thus jokingly asserts that the government has declared him an unprudent man. This slab comes from Vein #2, the second purveyance of this material, and displays a rather wild assortment of banded