Condor Agate - Mendoza, Argentina

Contributed by: Chris Clemens
minID: 9X0-2GP
Date: May 22nd, 2026
Locality: San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina (See on Mindat)
Size: 51 x 31 x 67 mm
Weight: 133 g

Description:
Fluorescent Condor agate from the Los Noquis deposit, San Rafael Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. This agate specimen consists of a polished half-nodule featuring alternating bands of chalcedony and quartz and has a central quartz-lined cavity which contains a single, large, transparent calcite crystal.

Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 9th Feb 2023

Originally posted by Chris Clemens on Nature's Rainbows in 2018.

Fluorescence under shortwave UV light.

Fluorescence under midwave UV light.

Normal light.

Normal light. Side 2.

Summary of luminescence responses:

Calcite (Mindat) (RRUFF)

• Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Orange
• Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Pink

• Fluorescence under Shortwave (254nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green
• Fluorescence under Midwave (305nm Lamp/Mercury) UV light: Green