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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 680317, member: 5833&quot;]All agate is the quartz mineral chalcedony; not all chalcedony is agate.&nbsp; Agate is a type of chalcedony formation, not the name of a mineral.&nbsp; In this case, if you were to cut a smaller bit for a cameo, you would call it banded agate.&nbsp; Pure chalcedony is translucent white, a faint blue-grey or lilac tinged color is common.&nbsp; It is easily treated to make other colors.&nbsp; This looks completely natural.</p><p><br /></p><p>When chalcedony is opaque, a solid color or variegated with no particular structure to the colors, it is called jasper.&nbsp; All jasper is chalcedony; not all chalcedony is jasper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quartz&gt;Chalcedony&gt;Agate/Jasper</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=2" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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