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Roger Weller, geology instructor                       

wellerr@cochise.edu      copyright 2008 
 

agatized coral cabochons-A

Any material that has been replaced by silica and has good color and pattern can
become a gemstone. Here a colony coral has been replaced by silica and colored
by iron oxides.

Photo is copyright free for non-commercial educational uses. 
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.

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