| Kentucky Agate Irvine, KY US Uploaded By Scott (webmaster) Uploaded on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 09:42:41 PM Viewed 2621 times |
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| General description: Kentucky Agate is the State Rock by act of the State Legislature on July 14, 2000, It is a sedimentary agate found in the Borden Formation of Early Mississippian Age. The agate is beautifully colored and contains bands, fortifications,and sometime plumes or moss formations. It can be found in the creeks and river drainage where it has been weathered out of the host rock. | How to get
there: Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle Counties in Kentucky. For more information and pictures of the agates see: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmn/kentuckyagate.htm |
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| Handy to bring along: 1. Wading shoes 2. Small mattock 3. Rock bag 4. Rock hammer |
Helpful notes to newcomers: Do not strike the nodules of agate with a rock hammer. There is the temptation to see what is inside but many valuable specimens have been destroyed by an overly eager rockhound." | Estill, Jackson, Powell, Madison, and Rockcastle Counties in Kentucky. |