Ancient Plant life in Agate by petercp

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on May 09, 2009

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This is one of my polished Agates. Can agates be dated? Generally the answer is no; at least not directly. However, a few agates do contain sufficient radioactive material to allow radio dating. A difficult question because the age of host and the age of agate are not always the same. However, most agates form within a few million years of the host. It was hard to decide which genre to place this photograph in but in the end decided on flower and plants! Best viewed close up. Thank you everyone for your comments.