{"title":"Montana Agate Parcel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMontana Agate Parcel.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e2 pounds of nice slabs, all suitable for small pendants or ring sets.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis collection was built from odds and ends; pieces too small to list individually or broken pieces from larger slabs.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEach parcel contains between 25 – 30 and is a real bargain at $69.00.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMontana agate has been a long time favorite of the lapidary enthusiast.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFound in the alluvial gravels of the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana it has been collected and worked as a semiprecious stone for nearly a century.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNoted for its clarity as well as its characteristic isolated black, and occasionally bright red dendrites, it makes excellent cabbing material.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe majority of Montana agate pieces show a well-defined fortification pattern of black and brown as well as bright red\/orange.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThere are also variations of filament and tube patterns and a small percentage display an “iris” band in which minute, regularly spaced layers act as a diffusion grating and, like a prism, break light into a rainbow of color.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is a relatively easy material to work with, being quite hard, and takes a brilliant polish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2271\/collections\/P8311837_8.jpg?v=1793061656","url":"https:\/\/ddrockshop.com\/collections\/montana-agate-parcel.oembed","provider":"DD Rocks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}