[Jewelry making - Article 01548] - Re: [Orchid] Agatized dinosaur bones

[Andrew Werby]

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>     Agate is a very specific form of quartz, and, while the term
>     "agatized" is often used to describe what is properly termed
>     silicification, it is still incorrect. Dino bone does not become
>     "agatized". 

    I remember being told, with regard to cryptocrystaline quartz
    stones, that if you can see through it, it's agate, and if you can't
    it's jasper. Since most dinosaur bone is opaque, shouldn't we refer
    to it as "jasperized"? 

Andrew Werby
www.unitedartworks.com
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