This is a peculiar piece of grape stone or grape agate on a custom build metal display stand. This is a member of the quartz family. This piece has excellent purple shades and translucence. The last piece of this size.

All Natural. Excellent sparkles and botryoidal texture. This grape like habit is, according to wikipedia; one in which the mineral has a globular external form resembling a bunch of grapes as derived from the Greek. This is a common form for many minerals particularly hematite where it is the classically recognized shape. It is also a common form of goethite, smithsonite, fluorite and malachite. Each sphere (grape) in a botryoidal mineral is smaller than that of a reniform mineral, and much smaller than that of a mamillary mineral. Botryoidal minerals form when many nearby nuclei, specks of sand, dust, or other particles, are present. Layers of mineral material are deposited radially around the nuclei. As more material is deposited, the spheres grow larger and eventually overlap with those that are nearby. These nearby spheres are then fused together to form the botryoidal cluster.

A rare piece for the collectors and interior designers. Measuring 16cm total height including stand; 5cm at widest.

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