Pink Amethyst & Flower Agate Heart — Madagascar, 73 g

Description

This is a polished heart-shaped cabochon of pink amethyst and flower agate, showing soft pink to peach tones across a semi-translucent body. The outline is smooth and symmetrical, and the surface displays cloudy cream and white mottled patches visible across the face. The piece measures 6 × 6.7 × 0.7 cm and weighs 73 g. It is presented as a thin, flattened heart with an even polish and clean edges; the photographed example is shown hand-held on a plain grey background. The material is identified as Pink amethyst and flower agate and the stated origin is Madagascar. Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz (SiO2); flower agate is a banded or botryoidal form of chalcedony often showing rounded, plume-like patterns. Together in a polished cabochon these materials produce soft, layered colour and creamy patterning that reads well in thin, translucent slices.