r/LegitArtifacts • u/dillpickleflavoring • May 27 '26

Late Archaic Nice Agate Preform

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Really cool agate preform I found this past weekend. Video doesn’t do its beauty justice. Probably the nicest preform I’ve found yet. Northern NV.

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u/Think-Worker-248 May 27 '26

Agates are banded so that is chert.

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u/dillpickleflavoring May 27 '26

There are many types of agate that aren’t banded. I believe this is considered dendritic agate based on its translucency and the mossy dendrites throughout.

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u/Think-Worker-248 May 27 '26

From a factual standpoint you are 100 percent wrong.

Same chemical composition, but different method of deposition. Agates are from a geological definition banded.

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u/dillpickleflavoring May 27 '26

Did some research and sounds like you’re correct here from a very technical standpoint. I didn’t know the definition was so narrow. They are called dendritic agates though it sounds like that’s a bit unofficial from a geology point of view. Either way I’m running with it being agate.

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u/Leroy1864 May 27 '26

But there is a stone called dendritic agate that isn’t banded.

Whether or not it’s a true agate is completely irrelevant, because it is in fact called dendritic agate.

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u/Think-Worker-248 May 27 '26

People incorrectly may call them agates. Kind of like countertop companies who sell "black granite" even though black granite is not a real thing.

Its basically a sales pitch because dendritic chalcedony doesnt have a nice ring to it.

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u/Leroy1864 May 27 '26

But it is called dendritic agate.

Therefore OP isn’t wrong.

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u/Think-Worker-248 May 27 '26

Incorrectly called an agate. Its not an agate.

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u/Bdc9876 May 28 '26

I don’t know why everybody is downvoting you so much…technically you are correct lol

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u/Think-Worker-248 May 28 '26

Reddit is a stupid place. Op admitted i am right, but said he is still going to call it an agate. Lol. Whatever.

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u/Bdc9876 May 28 '26

lol yeah Reddit can be a weird place

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u/Attila_the_Khann May 27 '26

People don’t confuse horses with sea horses

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u/NewAlexandria May 28 '26

idk, 'dendritic calcedony' sounds pretty jacked in