Moqi agate
A variety of Quartz
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Colour:
red, yellow and green
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
470799 (as Moqi agate)
3337 (as Quartz)
3337 (as Quartz)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:470799:4 (as Moqi agate)
mindat:1:1:3337:0 (as Quartz)
mindat:1:1:3337:0 (as Quartz)
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
af5ea262-deb6-4559-ba84-1044335dfc88 (as Moqi agate)
4ca61d6f-75f8-4208-8fb2-3b0eecbcd8f0 (as Quartz)
4ca61d6f-75f8-4208-8fb2-3b0eecbcd8f0 (as Quartz)
Physical Properties of Moqi agate
Colour:
red, yellow and green
Comment:
It is found that the color of Moqi agate is related to the minerals and trace elements contained in it, and is associated with the electron transition or charge transfer of Fe ions in the contained minerals. Green agate has the highest Fe content, and its color is caused by celadonite inclusions. The red and yellow color in Moqi agate is mainly caused by hematite and goethite, while red agate contains more Fe than yellow agate.
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Moqi agate
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References for Moqi agate
Localities for Moqi agate
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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| Zhang et al. (2023) |