1 / 4

Agate

Agate. Agate can be fossilized living material. From Green River formation, Wyoming. Agatized coral, can be called “Petoskey stone”. Uses. ornaments such as pins, brooches, paper knives, inkstands, marbles and seals. mortars and pestles to crush and mix chemicals.

ziven
Download Presentation

Agate

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Agate

  2. Agate can be fossilized living material From Green River formation, Wyoming Agatized coral, can be called “Petoskey stone”

  3. Uses • ornaments such as pins, brooches, paper knives, inkstands, marbles and seals. • mortars and pestles to crush and mix chemicals. • used for centuries for leather burnishing tools. • The sanctuary of a Presbyterian church in Yachats, Oregon, has six windows with panes made of agates collected from the local beaches • archaeological recovery at the Knossos site on Crete illustrates its role in Bronze Age Minoan culture. Church in Yachats Knossos

  4. Quartz

More Related