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Scottish agate collecting through the lens of the National Museums Scotland collection

Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Brown, Emily
Abstract

Agates have fascinated people for thousands of years and have particular cultural relevance for Scotland through their use creating pebble jewellery. This talk will cover agate formation, why Scotland is so prolific for agate hunting and show some of the best agate collecting locations through the lens of the significant historic agate collections housed in the Scottish agate collection at National Museum Scotland

Organisational unit
Natural Sciences
Event title
Scottish Gemmological Association Live Meeting
Publisher
Scottish Gemmological Association
Official URL
https://www.scottishgemmology.org/
Related URL
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/natural-sciences/heddle-collection/heddle-collection/agates/
https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/natural-sciences/meet-the-team/emily-brown/
https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2021/10/11/scottish-agates-in-conversation/
https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2018/12/19/what-are-agates/
Keywords
National Museum of Scotland
Scottish agates
mineral collections
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