Stone of the Month: 
November 2013 
"Royal Fruit of the Desert"

This and other fine grape agates are mined from a single location about 300 km from Alashan in Inner Mongolia. The Alashan Zuo Qi Shen Shan Tian Ran Manao Kuang is the only mine in China producing these specimens. The stone itself is 18 x 15 x 11 cm without the base and is deep purple, covered with numerous small- to medium-sized, lighter colored, grape-like agate spheres. These grape-like clusters are more abundant on the upper half of the base stone.

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