Birds Eye Rhyolite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch HeatedNew Agua Nueva Agate is sourced

Agua Nueva Agate is sourced from the Agua Nueva Ranch near Chihuahua City

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It's soft chatoyancy is reminiscent of the moon's light

Hydrogrossular garnet is an especially rare gemstone

a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone

Birds Eye Rhyolite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch HeatedNew Agua Nueva Agate is sourcedBirds Eye Rhyolite is named for its circular color formations of deep reds, light tans and earthtones. Rhyolite was named "streaming rock" because of its beautiful bands, bubbles and crystal to rich layers that form as lava flows onto the surface of stone and can look very different depending on how that lava erupts. Rhyolite has a non to crystalline composition similar to granite but with a smaller grain size.