{"product_id":"fire-agate","title":"Fire Agate Specimen — Iridescent Collector Mineral, 9 g","description":"\u003cp\u003eFire agate is the collector's answer to opal — and it is a much rarer thing to find well. The iridescence does not come from colour in the stone but from wafer-thin layers of iron oxide trapped between silica, splitting light into orange, red and green as you tilt it. Move the piece and the fire moves with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a small specimen at 9 grams, roughly an inch on its longest edge. Fire agate is almost always small; the material simply does not occur in large clean masses, which is why cabinet-sized pieces are essentially unheard of and why collectors judge it on flash rather than bulk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;font-size:1.35em;margin:1.6em 0 .5em;\"\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural fire agate\u003c\/strong\u003e — iridescent chalcedony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e0.75\" x 0.5\" x 1\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e9 g\u003c\/strong\u003e — a hand specimen, not a display piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSold individually\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips within 3 business days\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;font-size:1.35em;margin:1.6em 0 .5em;\"\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFire agate needs a point light source and movement. Under flat, diffuse room light it looks like an unremarkable brown chalcedony; under a single lamp, tilted slowly in the hand, the iridescent layers light up. This is a stone you look at rather than one you place and forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause it is small, it works best in a specimen case, a printer's tray or a shallow dish where it can be picked up. Keep it away from anything harder that could scuff the domed surfaces — the iridescence lives in the outermost layers and a scratch takes it away permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;font-size:1.35em;margin:1.6em 0 .5em;\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:1.2em 0;font-size:.96em;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:.6em .7em;background:#f2efe9;color:#2c3a37;border-bottom:2px solid #c9a96e;\"\u003eDetail\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:.6em .7em;background:#f2efe9;color:#2c3a37;border-bottom:2px solid #c9a96e;\"\u003eThis piece\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eStone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eFire agate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003e0.75\" x 0.5\" x 1\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003e9 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eCharacter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eIridescent play of colour, botryoidal surface\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eListing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:.6em .7em;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ded4;vertical-align:top;\"\u003eSold individually\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,#000D0B,#40514E);color:#e8e4dc;padding:1.4em 1.5em;border-radius:10px;margin:1.8em 0;line-height:1.65;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a96e;margin:0 0 .5em;font-size:1.1em;\"\u003e✨ Temple Tip\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003eJudge it in your hand, under one lamp, tilting slowly. Fire agate is the least photogenic stone in mineralogy — every photograph either undersells the flash or overstates it, because the effect depends entirely on the angle between the light, the stone and your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;font-size:1.35em;margin:1.6em 0 .5em;\"\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e3ded4;border-radius:8px;padding:.75em 1em;margin:.6em 0;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eWhere does fire agate come from?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:.7em 0 0;\"\u003eRare Earth Gallery do not state an origin for this specimen, so we will not guess at one. Fire agate is found in a small number of localities worldwide; if provenance matters to your collection, ask us and we will put the question to the supplier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e3ded4;border-radius:8px;padding:.75em 1em;margin:.6em 0;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eWhy is such a small piece priced like this?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:.7em 0 0;\"\u003eFire agate is scarce, and pieces with genuine play of colour are scarcer still. Value in this material tracks the quality and coverage of the iridescence rather than the weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e3ded4;border-radius:8px;padding:.75em 1em;margin:.6em 0;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eHow do I see the fire?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:.7em 0 0;\"\u003eOne point light source, and tilt it. Overhead or diffuse lighting flattens the effect almost completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e3ded4;border-radius:8px;padding:.75em 1em;margin:.6em 0;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eIs it durable?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:.7em 0 0;\"\u003eAgate is a hard chalcedony and will not chip easily, but the iridescent layers sit at the very surface. Avoid abrasives and do not let it rattle around loose with other specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e3ded4;border-radius:8px;padding:.75em 1em;margin:.6em 0;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eWill my piece look like the photographs?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:.7em 0 0;\"\u003eThis is natural stone and each fire agate is individual. This is natural stone, so no two pieces are identical. Colour, banding and internal inclusions vary from the photographs — that variation is the point of buying a natural specimen rather than a manufactured object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top:1.6em;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNine grams of stone that only makes sense once you have turned it in the light.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#TempleOfDesire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Where does fire agate come from?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Rare Earth Gallery do not state an origin for this specimen, so we will not guess at one. 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