There’s a reason that the blue in this pair of Agate bookends is so vivid and unreal. It’s because they’ve been dyed. There’s a largely illegible paper label on the bottom that seemingly indicates that they are from Brazil.
This makes a certain sense when correlated to a poorly referenced part of the Wikipedia page on agate, “Another type of agate is Brazilian agate, which is found as sizable geodes of layered nodules. These occur in brownish tones interlayered with white and gray. Quartz forms within these nodules, creating a striking specimen when cut opposite the layered growth axis. It is often dyed in various colors for ornamental purposes.”
Dyed like these bookends for instance. They stand 5 1/4 inches tall and weigh about 4 pounds so they’d be good for paperbacks and smallish hardcovers.
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