Agates are sometimes opaque, but they are frequently translucent, and occasionally completely transparent. Agate is a variety of chalcedony, a crypto crystalline form of quartz. Translucency, patterns of color, or moss-like inclusions may distinguish this stone from other forms of chalcedony.<br /><br />#agate<br />#agatestone<br />#agates<br />#mossagate<br />#agatedad<br />#agate#stonemeaning<br />#agatestonebenefits<br />#agatehunting<br />#agateidentification<br />#howtofindagates<br />#typesofagate<br />#lakesuperioragates<br />#whatisagate<br />#cuttingagates<br />#howtoidentifyagates<br />#agatedefinition<br />#agatemeaning<br />#agatestones
