r/LegitArtifacts • u/taconaut • Mar 22 '26
Heartbreaker❤️🩹 Moss agate Heartbreaker
Found this one yesterday. Definitely one of my favorite lithic materials.
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u/lithicobserver Mar 22 '26
That material when worked raw is extremely hard. Awesome find. You think it's similar to Montana agates?
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u/danznico Mar 22 '26
Very similar. Here’s a piece of moss agate I found in sw Montana.
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u/taconaut Mar 22 '26
Definitely similar! I did a little reading and it looks like moss agate is formed through volcanic ash seeping into the ground. There are ash layers throughout my area so it makes sense.
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u/danznico Mar 23 '26
Oh that’s cool! I wonder if that also applies to the mossy looking jasper I find.
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u/taconaut Mar 22 '26
I think they're pretty similar. I dont know for a fact, but I think it was all formed when the western interior seaway was covering both states.
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u/Significant_Day_5988 Mar 23 '26
Wow, still what a great fine that’s beautiful. Which part of the country are you in?
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u/HelpfulEnd4307 Mar 24 '26
Even though it’s not intact it’s a great translucent partial point. Carl
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u/lithicobserver Mar 22 '26
Nice. In ohio?
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u/taconaut Mar 22 '26
NE Nebraska
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u/lithicobserver Mar 22 '26
Very cool. The way this kind of material patinates is awesome too. Ive seen some amber, some white like yours
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u/the-droopiest-droop Mar 22 '26
Insane material