#botryoidal agate

[srlgemstone]

Polyhedral Agate

[geologyin-blog]

Natural Grape agate.

Grape agate is a botryoidal variety of chalcedony, distinguished by its clusters of tiny grape-like spheres.

Photo: Naturalstone951

[dozydawn]

“This Tampa Bay coral is the more common shape where the length is several times longer than the width. The botryoidal (grapelike) nature of the chalcedony layer is clearly seen.”

[pick-a-funny-name]

If I ever got to wish for anything I would wish for the ability to be able to eat grape agates

[grapeagata]

What is your fav rok

fav rok

g

grape

the one I'm named after

garpe ageta

the ourple ones (the black ones are cool too)

grpae

grape agatate

hlel yeah

[oldearthminerals]

High Grade Purple & Green Grape Agate / Botryoidal Amethyst Cluster $105 plus shipping.

https://www.oldearthminerals.com/shop/p/high-grade-grape-agate-botryoidal-amethyst-cluster-hpj76-xr77c-2ejhy-z5s87-gm55k

#grapeagate #crystalclustee #botryoidal #grapeagatecluster #mineralspecimens #purpleaesthetic #purplecrystals #crystalaesthetic

[snailspng]

Random PNGs, part 207

(1. Raspberry tart served at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, 2. Stained glass snail lamp by Pyvovarov, 3. Tubifera sp. fungi, 4. 19th c. copper egg poacher/escargot pans, 5. Snakeskin Agate, 6. 17th c. grape pearl pendant, 7. Ceramic sculpture by Eva Zethraeus, 8. Opalized snake skin, 9. Botryoidal Chrysocolla)

[kaijuno]

Grape agate is a rare form of botryoidal chalcedony, made up of tiny quartz spheres that naturally form in grape-like clusters. 🍇 It develops in volcanic rock when silica-rich fluids slowly solidify in cavities, creating smooth, rounded shapes over time.

The spheres are composed of microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), and their purple color comes from trace amounts of elements like manganese. Each nodule forms gradually, layer by layer, giving the mineral its distinctive polished look.

Most known specimens come from Sulawesi, Indonesia, where deposits were first widely recognized around 2016. Similar formations have also been reported in parts of the U.S., including Utah, though much less commonly.

[bekkathyst]

Crystal Sale May 16th 2025 List

To claim an item, please comment on the individual post. The complete rules can be found here. Please be sure to read the rules before claiming :)

Rose Quartz Skull Pendants/Beads - $10 ea

Amethyst Skull Pendants/Beads - $10 ea

Smoky Amethyst Points - $16 ea

Tabasco Agate Geodes - Sold Out!

Tabasco Agate Geodes - Sold Out!

Kunzite Cubes - $10 ea

Flower Agate Flowers - $10 ea

Natural Citrine Crystals - $40 ea

Labradorite Heart Set - Sold Out!

Rhodonite Heart Set - Sold Out!

Amber Set - Sold Out!

Mixed Crystal Orb Set - Sold Out!

Top Grade Larimar Cabochons - Sold Out!

Amethyst "Rosette" Flower Formations - $55 - $70 ea

Deep Blue Natural Aquamarine Crystals - $110 - $280

Unique Citrine Specimen w Internal Crystals - Sold Out!

Large Smoky Quartz Wizard w Rutilated Quartz Orb - Sold Out!

Amethyst Goede Sphere - Sold Out!

Double Terminated Smoky Rutilated Quartz - $158

Giant Natural Citrine Point - $338

Aquamarine on Smoky Quartz - Sold Out!

Phantom Fluorite - Sold Out!

Large Smoky Quartz Point - $155

Larimar Skull - $48

Multi-Colored Phantom Chlorite Quartz Cluster - Sold Out!

Deep Blue Fluorite Cluster - Sold Out!

Large Standing Quartz Cluster - Sold Out!

Lepidocrocite in Quartz Cluster - $342

Amethyst on Calcite Cluster - $79

Botryoidal Calcite on Amethyst - Sold Out

Giant Amethyst Geode Sphere - Sold Out!

Brandberg Amethyst Cluster - $188

Elestial Smoky Quartz Sword - $1,222

Shungite Cube - Sold Out!

Long Blue Lace Agate Point - Sold Out!

Genuine Spectrolite Slab - Sold Out!

Barite with Marcasite - Sold Out!

Double Terminated Veracruz Amethyst - $110

Fossilized Calcified Seashell - Sold Out!

Thank you so much! I will periodically update the list with sold out items.

[whitegoldtower]

Sorry but I’m gonna smack u all with my ‘tism stick

Have my favourite spider, favourite crystals, favourite poisons and favourite mushrooms

African Black Velvet: eresidae gandanameno sp. “Pretoria” - I want to keep one as a pet, desperately. 10/10 perfect spider.

CHICKEN OF THE WOODS (laetiporus cincinnatus) - if I ever found one of these I would bash my head off a tree in excitement and glee

Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria) - I found a few of these while out walking with my uni group 2 years ago and accidentally held up the whole group with a TED Talk. Luckily they were all also mentally ill / autistic /nd art students so I didn’t bore anybody

Ghost Fungus!!!!! (Omphalotus Nidiformis) - if I had the money I would 100000% fly to australia and venture out into the blue mountains at night just to see these beauties bioluminesce.

Vivianite: anyone who brings up crystals around me has probably heard me go “DO YOU KNOW VIVIANITE GROWS OUT OF CORPSES” at some point. It’s a ferrous iron phosphate mineral that grows in a monoclinic crystal system and thrives in anaerobic boggy environments. It forms when the hydroxyapatite in your bones (major source of phosphate) reacts with water from a waterlogged tomb and the iron in any surrounding rocks, resulting in cool shit like blue skeletons and crystals growing out yer teef

Grape Agate: it’s not agate. It’s not chalcedony. It’s not amethyst. It’s a variety of quartz silica which are commonly termed as ‘amethystine’, and instead of taking on the macrocrystalline monoclinic formations typical of normal quartz, it’s made up of up micro crystals that grow radially in a botryoidal form. Also comes in green and white. It’s only found in the Manakarra Beach in Indonesia.

Strychnine: (Strychnos Loganiaceae, Nux Vomica) - the one that leaves you with a hideous grin. It causes violent muscle contractions, enough to make the body bend back to an unnatural degree before the victim finally dies of asphyxiation. Particularly horrid as the victim remains conscious throughout the ordeal and is very much aware of what is happening. In fact, the victim is hyperaware. Nasty stuff. It inhibits your postsynaptic glycine receptors in your spinal cord, which causes the intensely painful and involuntary contortions. Also it’s mentioned in the Herbal of Rufinus as ‘good for helping to balance the phlegmatic and choleric humours’ through purging (vomiting, hence why it’s called the ‘vomiting nut’), and was a medicine to be used with great caution.

Giant Hogweed (Heracleum Apiaceae, Mantegazzianum): all parts of this plant are toxic. man fuck this stuff, if you touch it you’re literally gonna be burning and blistering every time the sun touches your skin for months and possibly even years after coming into contact with this hellspawn plant. Its active constituents are furanocoumarins, which basically mutate your skin cells to become incredibly sensitive to light. It’s a mutagenic and possibly carcinogenic photoactive compound.

Mandrake (Mandragora Officinarum): it’s in the nightshade family (Solanaceae)! Revered in folklore for the way its roots look like a person, said to ‘scream and cause death’ upon being uprooted. It’s a powerful narcotic, hallucinogenic and emetic plant, meaning that you try and eat this shit and you’ll be absolutely off your tits and vomming your guts up before you kick it.

Other honourable mentions that make for interesting reading:

Orpiment, Gasteracantha Cancriformis, Gasteracantha Arcuata, Sugar Fluorite, Jelly Lichens, Monkshood (Aconitum), Bleeding Tooth Fungus, Amorphophallus Titanium

Stupid fact about me: I have, in fact, ingested wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium) to see what sort of effect it would have out of curiosity, but didn’t get very far as it tasted fucking awful (I made a tea). Tastes like nail polish remover, 0/10 do not recommend. Didn’t ingest enough to feel any sort of thujone effect and my little experiment was safely conducted. I did, however, burn some to see if that would do anything and it made me feel rank in the tummy. No hallucinogenic effect. Again. 0/10 do not recommend.

[bittsandpieces]

It's actually so incredibly sweet seeing you talk about your rock-love. You are a consistent ray of sunshine in this place, never stop being who you are 💖✌️

Aww thank you so much!!! As a gift I will tell you about one of my rocks

This is grape agate, which both not grapes AND not agate!! Grape agate is the common name for purple botryoidal chalcedony 🥰

Most of it is found in Indonesia, but there's also been small deposits found in Utah, of all places! This piece is from Indonesia. I spent a LONG time searching for a piece that was in my price range and had the vibrant purple color I wanted, since a lot of the cheaper pieces lean very muted purple or blue-ish.

Grape agate forms when andesite lava flows into seawater, leaving air pockets in the andesite as it cools! Water seeps into those pockets over time, picking up minerals and then coalescing into botryiodal (that's the technical term for the sphere formations) chalcedony deposits, aka grape agate! The color in grape agate comes from clay mineral impurities (mostly manganese!)

[srlgemstone]

It blew my mind. Amazing!

Colorful Botryoidal Agate

[geologyin-blog]

Juicy Botryoidal piece found in SW Washington #carnelian

Photo by: CarnelianChris

[stoners1685]

[angelicroots1]

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[grapeagata]

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