{"product_id":"orca-agate-freeform-d-madagascar","title":"Orca agate freeform (D) — Madagascar","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA lot of the orca agate on the market is dyed. This piece is not. No dye, no bleach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat sentence carries more weight here than on almost anything else we sell, because the pattern that makes this material recognisable, hard black against clean white, is exactly what dye and bleach are used to exaggerate. Collectors have been raising it publicly for a while and the answers from most sellers are thin. On a trade name only a few years old, with no established grading and heavy demand, that is the predictable outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eColour treatment on banded chalcedony is genuinely difficult to spot once done. So the answer cannot be a photograph, it has to be a supply chain someone will put their name to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMineral:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eChalcedony (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), banded, so agate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrystal system:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTrigonal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMadagascar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardness:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale; durable, though the polished surface will dull if knocked about\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTreatment:\u003c\/strong\u003e None\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.2 x 4.48 x 9.56 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 430 g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou will receive the exact piece photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Crystal Showroom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58430563352920,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/4880\/5720\/files\/oaff-d-1.jpg?v=1788973468","url":"https:\/\/thecrystalshowroom.com\/products\/orca-agate-freeform-d-madagascar","provider":"The Crystal Showroom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}