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📐 Dimensions: Stone size: 12 x 6 x 4 millimeters - Ring width: 3 millimeters - Thickness: 1.3 millimeters
⚖️ Weight: 5 grams
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📋 Mineralogical sheet:
🌳 The correct term is Dendritic Agate (sometimes called dendritic agate ). The word comes from the Greek dendron = tree, because its inclusions resemble small plants or ferns.
Here is a descriptive table of dendritic agate:
Characteristic
Information
Name
Dendritic agate (or dendritic agate)
Category
Quartz (variety of chalcedony)
Chemical formula
SiO₂ (silicon dioxide)
Color
White, gray, translucent to milky, with black or brownish inclusions in the form of dendrites (plant motifs)
Hardness (Mohs)
6.5 – 7
Density
2.6 g/cm³
Transparency
Translucent to opaque
Glow
Vitreous to silky
Crystallography
Trigonal (microcrystalline) system
Main deposits
India, Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, United States
Uses
Jewelry, amulets, decorative objects, collection
Virtues (lithotherapy)
Balance, stability, personal growth, grounding, connection with nature and plant energy
Associated astrological signs
Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn
Short story
Known since ancient times, it was used as a talisman to attract agricultural prosperity and protect crops. Its dendritic inclusions are due to deposits of manganese or iron in the stone.
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