Damsonite, trade name, a purple, opaque chalcedony from central Arizona that was marketed by J. Bergman, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Agate Lexicon
Agate Lexicon and Glossary of Agate, Jasper, Opal and other Amorphous, Cryptocrystalline, or Spherulitic Forms of Gem Silicon Dioxide
Damsonite, trade name, a purple, opaque chalcedony from central Arizona that was marketed by J. Bergman, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shigley (1985, p. 219) called the material an amethystine chalcedony. See also Facets column in Lapidary Journal, v. 40, no. 2, p. 5.
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