Casas Grandes, Parcelas
and Calandria agates appear to be so similar that they can
be confused
with each other. It's typical to find Casas Grandes agates
that are white to gray with snowy/fuzzy dots
in them. Some agates come with the pink,
blue, lavender, yellow, orange and purple colors. What may
distinguish
the Casas Grandes Agates from the Parcelas Agates is that
the Casas Grandes Agates
look rusty (yellowish) while Parcelas Agates have
reddish
dark skins. Those agates are some of few
oldest agates mined in Northern Mexico (1955), but ever
since, there had
been some sparse mining of those agates due the difficulty
of obtaining
the agates out of hard andesite bedrocks as well as the fact
that about
75% of the nodules contain nothing but siberite (brown
"calcite"). I can't help but wonder if Casas grandes
and Calandria agates share similar sources since the
Calandria agates seem to come from a placer deposit.
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Rough Appearance: Rusted look, pitted surface
Can be confused with Parcelas Agates.