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SUMMARY
When you think of blue lace agate, think of a house--the palest blue house you can imagine. Put white lace curtains at all the windows. Make it the kind of house you want to walk right into. Inside it's cool and clean and quiet. Someone will be there to wait on you hand and foot just because they love you. They'll leave you alone when you want to be left alone or talk when you feel like talking. It's a place you can visit whenever you want to. Just put a strand of blue lace agate beads or a blue lace agate pendant around your neck, and you'll be there. Don't let this delicate stone fool you. Agate is a tough stone with a strong resistance to chemicals. Because of blue lace agate's gentle beauty, though, I think it calls for an old-fashioned setting. Sterling silver. With pearls, perhaps. And something iced to drink in a tall crystal glass when you wear it.
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| GEMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES: |
| Mineral Information |
Microcrystalline quartz, banded chalcedony, infused with iron |
| Chemical Composition |
SiO2, Silicon dioxide |
| Color |
Medium blue, light blue and white, finely banded |
| Hardness |
6 ½-7 |
| Specific Gravity |
2.60-2.65 |
| Refractive Index |
1.544-1.553 |
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