Black Agate Tumbled Stone Royal Sandalwood Stick each band of silica laid

each band of silica laid on the one before

the satin sheen pooling around its curve

rested out of strong sun

it supports moments of pause

the great Brazilian geodes grew inside cooling lava flows around 130 million years old

Black Agate Tumbled Stone Royal Sandalwood Stick each band of silica laidBlack agate small tumble polished stones of deep black chalcedony, some crossed by fine grey white banding, filled layer by layer in a volcanic cavity. Smooth in the hand, sold in a small set. From India. Agate fills a cavity in volcanic rock layer by layer, each band of silica laid on the one before; black agate reads as deep black, some stones crossed by fine parallel grey and white, no two the same. It is the banded cousin of onyx. Agate is named