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Rockhound > popular all-time > 10-oz Dryhead Agate; 7.2cm x 6.7cm x 4.7cm. Pretty fractured, but it still displays some fabulous color and design. The center cavity is filled with quartz and calcite crystals. The red splotches in the lower-right look super-imposed, but they are real red regions in the rock.
Rockhound > popular all-time > 2.8 oz Lake Superior Agate; 5.5cm x 2.7cm x 3.5cm. This agate has a couple of small fractures (at the top in this picture). Otherwise, it is outstanding in it's unbroken patterns. I think it is probably the finest agate I own.
Rockhound > popular all-time > Note the large crystal impression that was already pointed out in previous shots. However, in this shot you can also see several more crystal impressions. These "holes" are where crystals of other chemical compositions were formerly lodged. When you see the clearly defined shapes that are hexagonal, trigonal, or orthorhombic you know a crystal of some kind was a former resident! Further information on crystal systems can be found at http://www.yourgemologist.com/crystalsystems.html.
Rockhound > popular all-time > 4-0z Fairburn Agate; 6.8cm x 3.8cm x 3cm. Purchased from Roger Clark, author of "South Dakota's Fairburn Agate" (ISBN: 0966464001).
Rockhound > popular all-time > 2oz amazingly beautiful Lake Superior Agate; 4.5cm x 3.5cm x 2.3cm. Purchased from an old rock hunter and polisher (Marvin Green).
Rockhound > popular all-time > 4oz Botswana Agate; 5.8cm x 4cm x 4.3cm. Again, highly reflective - assorted items on my photo table can be seen in the rock!
Rockhound > popular all-time > Click on this picture to go to the larger viewer, then click the "O" for the original image. There is amazing banding in this rock that you've got to see close-up!!
Rockhound > popular all-time > .25oz beautiful Lake Superior "Eye" Agate; 2.7cm x 2cm x 1.5cm. I found this little rock in a gravel pit outside Moose Lake Minnesota. It was my first time out "rock-hunting" with a more experienced hunter. He was flabbergasted that I found such a jewel my first time out. I tumbled it with some other rocks and this was the result.
Rockhound > popular all-time > 2.5-oz Lake Superior Agate; 4.5cm x 3.5cm x 3cm (about the size of a chestnut). "Water polished" - the smooth appearance is due to water running over the surface; the stone was probably in a creek bed. A "healed" fracture runs across the face. Has a beautiful banding design that looks like a lit flame.
10-oz Dryhead Agate; 7.2cm x 6.7cm x 4.7cm.

Pretty fractured, but it still displays some fabulous color and design. The center cavity is filled with quartz and calcite crystals. The red splotches in the lower-right look super-imposed, but they are real red regions in the rock.
> 10-oz Dryhead Agate; 7.2cm x 6.7cm x 4.7cm. Pretty fractured, but it still displays some fabulous color and design. The center cavity is filled with quartz and calcite crystals. The red splotches in the lower-right look super-imposed, but they are real red regions in the rock.
10-oz Dryhead Agate; 7.2cm x 6.7cm x 4.7cm.

Pretty fractured, but it still displays some fabulous color and design. The center cavity is filled with quartz and calcite crystals. The red splotches in the lower-right look super-imposed, but they are real red regions in the rock.
Photo by: Dave Englund • see photo in gallery
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