The Agate Rooms of Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg, Russia: is there really any agate in the Agate rooms? From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Leybov, Michael B. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The amber room of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo ("the Tsar's Village"), near St. Petersburg, Russia, is world famous not only because of its unique beauty but also because of the dramatic history of its disappearance and subsequent reconstruction (Rice 2004). The palace's beautiful Agate Rooms, however, are not so well known.

Unlike the Amber Room, the Agate Rooms are not part of the main building of Catherine Palace. They are in a separate pavilion, the ground ...

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