QUA2255 Price: $50 SOLD
QUARTZ var.
CHALCEDONY (Agatized Coral)
former Carl
Anderson Property
5212 Crescent Street
Ballast Point, City of Tampa
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
Cabinet – Matched Pair (11.5 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm & 9.5 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm)
This is a medium-sized “finger” of agatized coral from the famed Ballast Point area within the City of Tampa. The specimen consists of translucent tea-colored chalcedony, with two internal voids: a smaller upper geode with a botryoidal interior and a larger lower void area coated in sparkling micro drusy quartz crystals. Fluorescent yellow under longwave and shortwave UV light. Collected in 1971 from the dug-up back yard of Carl Anderson. This area is now built over with exclusive residences, and it is very unlikely that additional significant excavations will occur here. Collected from the Tampa Member of the Arcadia Formation, Hawthorn Group (lower Miocene). Sold as a polished, matched pair.
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