Butterfly with beautiful agate wings

A butterfly made of two symmetrically cut agate slices, set in a silver body with delicate legs and antennae.

The agate coloring is classic Brazilian: warm red and orange tones, interspersed with lighter banded layers at the outer edge.

Agate forms in volcanic gas cavities when silicic acid solutions are deposited layer by layer on the cavity walls. The alternating bands document phases of different chemical compositions of the solution water over thousands of years.

Each of the two wing slices is therefore unique in its band pattern. In this piece, the bandings are mirrored astonishingly precisely from wing to wing, indicating two successive cuts from the same mother geode.

A decorative object for a windowsill, desk, or as a tableau element next to books. The silver setting provides stability and turns the object into a small sculpture rather than just a stone slice.