Can anyone name what kind of stone I am looking for for drink coasters?

October 19, 2008 5:43 PM

I am looking for drink coasters that are made of a certain polished stone. The stone is cut that it looks like a cross-section - and it is of a circular nature. It can have a red or blue color, possibly more. Can anyone name what kind of stone this is? And even better, where in NYC I can buy them?
posted by helios410 to home & garden (10 comments total)

Do you mean geodes?
posted by iconomy at 5:48 PM on October 19, 2008

Possibly agate coasters. Link for photos only.
posted by kellyblah at 5:48 PM on October 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

(it's usually agate)
posted by iconomy at 5:48 PM on October 19, 2008

I have some of those, somewhere. Agate, yes.
posted by rokusan at 5:48 PM on October 19, 2008

Do you mean something like this or this? I found them by searching for geode coaster. But it looks like most of them are usually called agate coasters.
posted by polexa at 5:51 PM on October 19, 2008

sorry, guess everyone said it already.
posted by polexa at 5:52 PM on October 19, 2008

The Moss Store in NYC has them, but way more expensive than online. But that is a cool store to go to anyway.
posted by extrabox at 5:52 PM on October 19, 2008

Thanks everyone!
posted by helios410 at 5:56 PM on October 19, 2008

Try the Museum of Natural History gift store.
posted by Marilyn Johnson at 6:28 PM on October 19, 2008

The science of agate formation (very much a work in progress) is really fascinating.
posted by nanojath at 6:52 PM on October 19, 2008