.	Dwarves' Earth Treasures Museum: West Java Purple Agates West Java, Indesonia, Asia	.

    Usually, it is quite hard to get any agates from Asia mainly due to the fact that the agates are in heavy demand by Chinese for carving purposes and there are not that much agates coming out of Asia countries. Even if they are available outside Asia, the agates especially West Java Purple Agate are passed as "Purple Chalcedony" and sold by gram just likechryosprase (green agate). I was very fortunate to came across some West Java Purple Agates sold by kilograms instead of grams and at lower prices too.
     The colors of the West Agate range from purplish gray to purple, hence "Purple Chalcedony" and occasionally come with white, yellow(?) and red colors and some agates contain some plume-like inclusions but I have not been able to got one with very obvious plume-like structures yet. Many agates showed very good shadowing effect (Parallex).
Very outstanding specimens! The gap may have been what left of decompsed calcite crystals.

This is the desired "Purple Chalcedony"  used in similar manner as chryoprase and "Blue Holly"	It's rare to find a West Agate wtih some reddish tint. Strong shadowing effect in the lighter colored center.
Very unusual colors which may be due to heavy weathering by heavy tropical rains.	Very large and the first West Java Agate I have obtained.