Moss agate
Lapidary material SiO2
About it
Clear to milky chalcedony with green, moss-like growths of chlorite or hornblende instead of banding. India is a major source; Montana and Wyoming also produce it.
- Type
- Lapidary material
- Group
- Agate (chalcedony)
- Formula
- SiO2
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 6.5–7
- Specific gravity
- 2.57–2.64
- Streak
- white
- Lustre
- waxy, vitreous (glassy)
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Colours
- colourless or white with green, brown, or black inclusions
- Transparency
- translucent
- Cleavage and fracture
- none; conchoidal fracture
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.