Black Agate Tumbled Stone Black Agate Hand-carved from the dark variant

Hand-carved from the dark variant of natural soapstone (mineralogical name steatite) - the same talc-based metamorphic rock as the other carved-stone holders in the range

different format

Tumbled smooth

most water-sensitive material in the house: a dry cloth

and the stone has been set into rings and seals wherever its patterns suggested gardens

Black Agate Tumbled Stone Black Agate Hand-carved from the dark variantBlack agate small tumble polished stones of deep black chalcedony, some crossed by fine grey white banding, filled layer by layer in a volcanic cavity. Smooth in the hand, sold in a small set. From India. Agate fills a cavity in volcanic rock layer by layer, each band of silica laid on the one before; black agate reads as deep black, some stones crossed by fine parallel grey and white, no two the same. It is the banded cousin of onyx. Agate is named