Beacon Hill Moss Agate
AKA: Hog Creek Agate, Idaho Potato Agate
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Beacon Hill Moss Agate has a white to light gray to
bluish gray matrix with dendritic or sagenitic inclusions.
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Distribution Comments:
Beacon Hill Moss Agate occurs as nodules around Old Ferry Quadrant,
Washington County, Idaho. Beacon Hill is not an official name of the
area, but what it is locally referred to due to the aircraft beacon
present on the hill. Hog Creek is the drainage to the east of
Beacon Hill where these nodules have washed down.
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