Raw Banded Carnelian Slice

Carnelian is a chalcedony quartz gemstone with orange to brownish-red tones. Carnelian forms in volcanic and metamorphic rocks when silica-rich solutions get into cracks and slowly crystallize as pressures and temperatures change. It gets it’s varying colors from differing amounts iron oxides in it’s formation. Sources of Carnelian include India, Brazil, Uruguay, and the Unites States (New Jersey and Oregon).

This banded carnelian slice is 2.4″x 2″ x .5″ with a drusy quartz cut in the middle.