Black Agate Tumbled Stone Royal Sandalwood Stick the ridge glows when the

the ridge glows when the lights are set in it

it supports moments of pause

set apart from harder things

each band of silica laid on the one before

It is the banded cousin of onyx

Black Agate Tumbled Stone Royal Sandalwood Stick the ridge glows when theBlack agate small tumble polished stones of deep black chalcedony, some crossed by fine grey white banding, filled layer by layer in a volcanic cavity. Smooth in the hand, sold in a small set. From India. Agate fills a cavity in volcanic rock layer by layer, each band of silica laid on the one before; black agate reads as deep black, some stones crossed by fine parallel grey and white, no two the same. It is the banded cousin of onyx. Agate is named