Plume Agate

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Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
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Name:	In allusion to the plume-like shapes exhibited in the material.

A variety of Agate

A variety of agate with dark-colored, plume-like structures within the material.

Classification of Plume Agate
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Localities for Plume Agate
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Canada
Nova Scotia	Leiper (ed.), 1966. The Agates of North America

USA
Arizona Maricopa Co. Gila Bend area Agua Fria River area	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 348; Richards, R.A. (1956a), Arizona agate hunting, Rocks&Min.: 31: 279-280.
Yavapai Co. New River Station area Agua Fria River	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 348; Richards, R.A. (1956a), Arizona agate hunting, Rocks & Minerals: 31: 279-280.
California Inyo Co. Death Valley National Park Death Valley	Joseph Freillich photo
San Bernardino Co. Cady Mts Afton Afton Canyon
Colorado Saguache Co. Del Norte Thunder-egg Beds	Rocks & Minerals (July, 2002)
New Mexico Hidalgo Co. Hatchet Mountains	Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
Oklahoma Harper Co.	Rocks & Minerals 72:4 pp 252-264
Oregon Malheur Co. Graveyard Point	Young, M. W. 1971 Then and now at famous Graveyard Point: Gems and Minerals, no. 407, p. 16-17. Idaho, Oregon, field trip; Graveyard Point in Idaho, agate mine in Oregon.
McDermitt Dendrite	Cran Cowan
South Dakota Pennington Co. Scenic Sheep Mountain Road	SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"
Texas Brewster Co. Alpine Woodward Ranch	http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf
Virginia Warren Co. Runion agate mines	Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Wise Co.	Minerals of Virginia, 1990 by R. V. Dietrich

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