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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 3425511, member: 55"]Another vote for dyed; but the heart and other shapes are natural, just a result of the direction in which the geode was cut. And yes, it is agate and quartz; two forms of the same mineral, commonly found in geodes such as this, though geodes can contain a number of different minerals.</p><p>Such items are not particularly rare; can be imported and sold at reasonable cost in décor or gem/mineral outlets; but are still pretty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 3425511, member: 55"]Another vote for dyed; but the heart and other shapes are natural, just a result of the direction in which the geode was cut. And yes, it is agate and quartz; two forms of the same mineral, commonly found in geodes such as this, though geodes can contain a number of different minerals. Such items are not particularly rare; can be imported and sold at reasonable cost in décor or gem/mineral outlets; but are still pretty.[/QUOTE]
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