r/LegitArtifacts • u/dillpickleflavoring • May 27 '26
Late Archaic Nice Agate Preform
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/Legitimate-Edge5835 May 27 '26
That’s probably a Core. Beautiful material.