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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 254917, member: 55&quot;]Yes, I understand.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to point out that a discussion of the name of this item is dependent on location and language, and whether one is talking to a rockhound, jeweler, or mineralologist.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the US, most rockhounds would prefer to specify the type of chalcedony: agate, jasper, carnelian, etc.....rather than using the more general term. </p><p><br /></p><p>Terminology is endlessly fascinating, and one can get caught by regional differences.....one could just specify the chemical makeup and the crystalline structure ; they&#039;re all silicon dioxide but that is pretty meaningless to a layperson, though very precise.</p><p>Much like a discussion between a Londoner and a New Yorker as to whether a tree is a plane or a sycamore.&nbsp;&nbsp; One could just specify &quot;Platanus species&quot; and call it good.</p><p>(Which reminds me, that the green portions of the rock might technically be Mtorolite, a green chalcedony, which might point to origin in Zimbabwe.....)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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