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Pendant Teardrop 1 3/4" x 1 3/8" - Matching earrings are available for purchase on the earrings page.
This pendant does not reveal itself all at once. The freeform Idaho seam agate cabochon measures 1 3/4" x 1 3/8" a substantial, commanding presence whose surface moves through deep mahogany, burnt sienna, smoke green, and cream in sweeping bands that coil and layer like something seen from altitude. It is rich, complex, and entirely unhurried. And at its center, half hidden within the composition, a natural druzy pocket a tiny cave of dark crystal opens into the stone like a secret room. Something that was always there, waiting to be found.
The back of the pendant is as considered as the front a freeform open-back .925 sterling silver setting that lets light pass through the stone from behind, revealing the full depth of its banding. Your maker’s mark and 925 stamp are pressed into the silver with quiet pride. The twisted rope border and ball-terminal bail complete a piece that is as carefully finished as it is boldly conceived.
This is not a pendant that gets lost under a collar. It is worn where it can be seen, turned in the light, and handed to someone who asks where it came from.
Details:
Stone: Idaho Seam Agate · Origin: Idaho · Matrix: Red and Black · Metal: Custom Sterling Silver · Pendant Setting: 1 3/4" x 1 3/8" Teardrop · One of a Kind with Makers Mark
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Idaho Seam Agate Pendant
Idaho seam agate forms in the ancient volcanic and sedimentary terrain of the Snake River Plain and surrounding high desert a landscape shaped by millions of years of lava flows, ash deposits, and the slow infiltration of silica-rich groundwater through fractures in the rock. Seam agate forms specifically within those fractures narrow veins where mineral-laden water deposited layer after layer of chalcedony over geological time, building up the banded patterns that make each stone a record of its own formation.
What distinguishes Idaho seam agate from other agates is the depth and complexity of its banding the way colors layer and fold in on themselves, often incorporating multiple mineral signatures in a single stone. The natural druzy pockets that occasionally appear within seam agate form where the silica solution encountered an open void, allowing crystals to grow inward rather than deposit as banding. A stone with both exceptional banding and a natural druzy pocket is genuinely rare two geological events preserved in a single piece.
