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-Typical colors: Orange (most common),
yellow, pink, white. Red and other colors are rare.
-Typical sizes: 5
to14 centimeters, rarely larger
-Typical shapes: Disks to rounded
nodules
-Most distinguishing characteristic:
Orangish agate in dark gray matrix is almost always Dryhead Agate.
-Special Notes:
The Dryheads have alternating quartz and agate layers and quartz layers
are always flourescent (green in shortwave UV).