Create a banded agate look in Photoshop

I need to create a banded agate (like the rock) for a print project. I will be working in Photoshop CS3. Has anyone ever made a similar type look? I am not sure even where to start.

I know it's a little late to probably help the original poster but I'm posting what I used to make my banded agate look in photoshop. I started by downloading a photo from the web of a piece of banded agate with the colors I wanted in it. Once you have the photo open it in photoshop, you will only be using this photo for the colors to make your banded gradient tool which will simulate the banded agate. Open the gradient tool and make a new one, clicking on the gradient line will add more "crayon's" each crayon will allow you to assign a new color to it, add as many colors/bands as you feel necissary to make your banded agate look real. Now using it will require alot of starts and stops, as it will flow in 1 direction only until you change the gradient's angle. Hope this helps future knowledge seekers. For my example I went with Laguna banded agate as it has many more colors than most other agate geode's I found.

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