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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12393586, member: 5833&quot;]You can see how they would have liked a stone with these little asterisk-like inclusions, so similar to the stars in the engraving.</p><p><br /></p><p>My mineral guide says this is called &quot;mosquito agate&quot; or &quot;midge stone&quot;.&nbsp; The description adds: Imitations were attempted with silver nitrate, but were not successful.&nbsp; I assume these attempts were made much later than the time of your seal.&nbsp; Another tidbit is that a major source of dendritic agate, &amp; the only one that could have been known in this time period, was India.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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