Orthoceras Fossil Anhänger (Groß) - Handarbeit highlight Agate is actually a colorless

Agate is actually a colorless variation of the mineral quartz and the special colors and patterns are created by the inclusion of other minerals such as iron

Hier handelt es sich meistens um sogenannt Milchquarze

Handgefertigter Anhänger aus Achat

The Romans especially prized this stone

Orthoceras Fossil Anhänger (Groß) - Handarbeit highlight Agate is actually a colorlessPendant made from an Orthoceras fossil in a matrix of black limestone. Orthoceras fossil Orthoceras was a marine cephalopod that lived about 400 million years ago. Of these extinct animals, only the shells remain today and these are found mainly in Morocco. Here the fossil shells of Orthoceras are embedded in black limestone.