The
river-worn agates were mined in India in 1960s and 1970s in
large quantities for cabbing purposes and I still see them
in old rough collections. They're identified by their smooth
river-worn appearances usually black skinned or yellow
skinned (likely to be from a different location). It's kinda
surprising that very little in way of colorful agates have
been found in the Deccan Trap basalt areas but then again,
different environmental factors, the kind that produced an
abundance of zeolite minerals and other associated minerals.
The colors are generally dull gray to black sometimes with
yellow colors. There are some attractive and chaotic
distribution of colors in some agates. Some agates are still
being mined today as in case of those in the Masharashtra
region.
Rough Appearance: River-worn agates,
some have yellow skins ("YellowSkins") other with black
skins.
The agates are generally featureless to brown and
yellow. BlackSkins are usually white to black
colored.
All may have chaotic distribution of yellow and black
colors.
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