Dwarves' Earth Treasures Museum: Kentucky Agates
Estill, Powell and parts of Jackson Counties, Kentucky
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. Kentucky
is known for its agate & quartz concretions which appeared to be originally
crinoid heads, brachipods and other fossils in the limestone that had been
expanded by growing evaporation minerals and water action. They seem to
be not easy to obtain, and since they were found mostly along the rivers
coming from the limestone formations, they tend to be fractured. The most
common colors appear to be brownish-yellow, yellow, and bluish-gray, but
they also come in the colors of gray, black, purple, pink, lavendar, green
and red. A most desired color combination would be pitch black and deep
red. The mult-banded agates appear to be retatively rare.
Rare Iris Agate
in Kentucky Agate
