Stones like jasper, carnelian, banded onyx and moss agate were polished and might be mounted so that the barest slip of silver frame showed.
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The slopes of this range are noted as a source of quartz crystals, including green moss agate, botryoidal geodes, Needle Peak sagenite, and pompon agates.
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The location was discovered by William H . Spencer of Spencer, Wyoming in 1916, who found well-preserved stone blades and points in Moss Agate Arroyo.
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The Needle Peak slopes in Brewster County are noted as a source of quartz crystals, including green moss agate, botryoidal geodes, Needle Peak sagenite, and pompom agates.
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Through the centuries, cameos have been carved from a variety of materials, including chalcedony, carnelian, moss agate, jasper, lapis and ruby, as well as tortoiseshell, ivory, coral and turquoise.
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While the glaze is wet, moss agate effects are produced by a diffusing agent known as mocha tea, which originally was a mix of tobacco juice, which is still used today, stale urine and turpentine.
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"' Moss Agate glass "'is a rare type of art glass developed in 1888 at the noted glasshouse Stevens & Williams by glassmaker John Northwood, with the assistance of Will Bridges, then manager of the firm.
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It was the most sophisticated type of a variety of glass often referred to as " stone glass . " The concept of the " Moss Agate " glass was to closely approximate the look and weight of the mineral it was meant to imitate.
