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Mirage - Vintage Sterling Silver Picture Agate Pendant & Chain. This gorgeous pendant is crafted from sterling silver, hallmarked STERLING. Featuring a genuine agate gemstone, Vintage styling and quality craftsmanship. This pendant boasts a beautiful picture agate set in a secure bezel. The gallery has a beaded and twisted silver detail. The stone is translucent and displays colours of rusty brown, and grey/white. The chain is also Vintage , and looks to be original. It has a clip style clasp that is hallmarked, STERLING. The Vintage agate pendant looks stunning when worn, and the picture agate looks wonderful against your skin or will pick up any colour worn behind it. Simple, earthy, and beautiful!

Picture agate displays natural inclusions that formed within the stone in such a way as to create well-defined images. These images have a natural, life-like, picturesque appearance and make picture agate a treasured stone among gemstone lapidaries.

Agate derives its name from a river in Sicily, which the Greeks called Achates. Vast quantities of agate were discovered in this river as early as 300 B.C. During the reign of Julius Caesar, while engaged in the Gallic Wars, deposits of agate were discovered along the Nahe River in Germany.

Measurements: Pendant 35.00 mm x 19.00 mm Chain 19"

Stone Size: Picture Agate 27.00 mm x 17.00 mm

Weight: 6.20 grams

Condition: Excellent

Origin: America

Date: Circa 1940