Many agate stones have a pattern of mountains and trees like landscape paintings.
Landscape painting in agate stones
According to Amusing Planet, agate stone is a micro-crystalline variant of silica .The composition of this rock is mainly chalcedony, including many small alternating quartz and moganite beads.(Photo: Tumblr).
Agate is mainly formed in volcanic rocks due to silica deposition from groundwater seeping through the rocks.(Photo: Flickr).
Over time, silica material layers accumulate and gradually fill the cavity.(Photo: Overblog).
The layers of materials often have small differences in mineral composition and purity, giving the layered agate stone.(Photo: Nikon Small World).
It is the classification that has created many agate stones with interesting colors and patterns.(Photo: Show me rockhounds).
Sometimes, agate stone patterns look similar to natural scenes like mountains, sky, rivers, trees. These agate stones are called "landscape stone agate" .(Photo: Show me rockhounds).
