• Option A, Deep green and semi-translucent with cloud-like white swirls
  • A pile of miscellaneous agate worry stones, primarily green in color with some white and warm tones.
  • A different pile of agate worry stones
  • Close view of green worry stone on dirt, with small dried shrimp on it. Two porcellio scabers of the calico variety are eating the shrimp, one on top of a shrimp and the other climbing inside a shrimp head
  • Worry stone in a terrarium, covered with several large and a ton of baby Montenegro Clown isopods eating spirulina
  • Worry stone in use, held with thumb and fingers
  • Side view of thickness of agate worry stones, about a quarter inch
  • Hand with six worry stones in it showing scale
  • Option B, Deep mossy green and semi-translucent with some white patches, imperfection on one edge
  • Option C, mottled deep green
  • Option D, Deep maroon-red with green streak
  • Option E, Mottled off-tan color
  • Option F, Greenish gray with yellow gray side, separated by white veining. One end is asymmetric.
  • Option G, Tan base color with white lacing pattern
  • Option H, Light green with vein of exposed crystals and hexagonal crystal
  • Option I, Vibrant brown and green-brown patterning with a large patch of white translucent agate.
  • Option J, Deep green translucent piece, even color from small green spot inclusions
  • Option K, Pale mottled blue green green
  • Option L, Translucent brown gray color with rings of darker brown then green color. one side has a patch of what with green patches in it.
  • Option M, Fleshy peach color with green-tinted circles
  • Option N, Nice mottled color gradient from deep green to light olive-green
  • Option O, Lavender-white base color crossed with brown lines and swirls, and white spots
  • Option P, Green with white spotting
  • Option Q, Moss agate with green mossy inclusions in translucent milky agate
  • Option R, White with some dark green spots, good translucency and crystal pattern
  • Option S, Even deep green with red spotting, classic bloodstone coloration
  • Option T, Green-gray with light mottling, some natural indentations
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Mixed fancy agate worry stones

Mixed fancy agate worry stones

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Approx size: 1.5 x 1-1.25 x 0.25”   exact size and shape varies by piece due to natural  variations in material and hand-carving

Material: Fancy agate, mixed colors and patterns

 

Agate is another member of the quartz family: the term is used to describe chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of quartz) that is banded, meaning it has stripes of color. The trade names 'moss agate' and 'tree agate' have stuck for this material even though it does not display the banding typically characteristic of agate. Instead, these agates are known for their splotches, mottling, plumes, or dendritic inclusions composed of green minerals like chlorite and celadonite, giving it the appearance of moss or lichen.

Brown, black, and redder colorations are caused by iron or manganese oxidation. There are a few oddballs mixed in this batch (you're not fooling us S, we know you're heliotrope) but they're all some flavor of quartz.

A worry stone, also called a thumb stone, is a small indented oval-shaped polished mineral or gemstone. It's basically an ancient fidget spinner: it feels good to hold and run your thumb across the smooth surface and it can be soothing. This is great one if you like squirreling away stones your pockets!

A good worry stone will help you forget how dry your hands look in all the pictures, oh god don't look at that. It will be relatively lightweight and thin to fit between the fingers; larger "flat egg" shaped stones can be called worry stones but are more typically called palm stones. In comparison cheaply made worry stones will look clunky, thick, and have a visible line where the indentation begins. That edge can feel rough compared to a normal worry stone which is very smooth with no edges.

One for you, one for your pods! I find this the perfect size for an isopod feeding dish to use in my terrariums. The slight indentation helps keep food in the center. I thought they might be too smooth for mancae to climb but that hasn't been an issue! Even though it feels smooth to us, the aggregate crystal structure is quite textured at their scale.

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