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Plume Agate

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Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
© Don Volkman 2/24/08

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
     
    Leiper (ed.), 1966. The Agates of North America
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa Co.
        • Gila Bend 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
    		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
      • San Bernardino Co.
    • Colorado
      • Saguache Co.
    		Rocks & Minerals (July, 2002)
    • New Mexico
      • Hidalgo Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur Co.
    		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.
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington Co.
        • Scenic
    		SDSMT Bull 18 Roberts and Rapp "Mineralogy of the Black Hills"
    • Texas
      • Brewster Co.
        • Alpine
    • Virginia
      • Warren Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Minerals of Virginia, 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
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