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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4518267, member: 110226&quot;]Nope, 100% natural colors, from Morocco. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been collecting agates and other minerals since 1966.&nbsp; Dyed agates are of one color, sometimes with varying hues, but the colors are very bright, almost garish, and certainly not natural.&nbsp; Because of the way the coloring minerals, primarily iron oxides, are deposited by successive waves of silica, a wide variety of colors are possible within a single specimen.&nbsp; Artificial coloring can only be achieved in one dominant color, be it red, blue, yellow, violet, etc., and as I said, these colors in terms of brightness and hue, just don&#039;t occur naturally.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, artificial coloring can only penetrate the surface of the stone.&nbsp; If a polished, artificially colored stone is cut, a totally different interior color, or lack of colors, as if often the case, is revealed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another example of a Moroccan agate, from Pintrest:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/fc/63/c8fc63f498ce52db3fd2a71faf7c5c14.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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