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| Species: | Quartz var: Agate |
| Comments: | Water worn colorful pebbles to several cm were called Yuhua stones since the beginning of the sixth century. Then the Gods were so impressed with the eloquence of a monk that they rained down these Rain Flower Pebbles |
| Habit: | Water worn pebbles |
| Colour: | Some agates are very colourful showing a full spectrum. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Smoky Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Agate associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Agate data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Yühuatai gravel bed, Yühuatai (Rainflower Plateau), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (17 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 965222 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:965222:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 74be4901-ee72-4e05-9f95-db84d044d3c3 |
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Yühuatai gravel bed, Yühuatai, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China