Hey everyone--I think having one thread with all my images ended up being a bit unwieldy so I'll just post some select ones in their own threads as applicable.
These are some cool features I saw in a combination moss/sagenite agate that we got back from a friend who cuts cabs for us last weekend. His polish was high enough to allow a great window into the stone which showed some rather unusual features. Yellow plumes and green moss are common enough, but these plumes have a very pleasing flower-like appearance and the moss is botryoidal and covered in fine green spines.
Post subject: Re: Moss and Sagentic Agate pictures
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:21 pm
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Holy crap, Stephen. Mind blowing! Did you get this material in Tucson? What is the magnification? What is the origin? Can you post a pic of the specimen(s) without magnification?
Unfortunately this one is actually my dad's, and he doesn't remember where he got the rough. Probably picked out of a bucket at a gem show with no provenance attached. Magnifications vary from about 30x-60x; recording them is a bit of a pain and I usually forget. Here's an uncropped picture of it in my hand:
Post subject: Re: Moss and Sagentic Agate pictures
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:49 pm
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Wish that was true Barbra -- I fall far short of that description. But some stones are pretty distinctive. The Big Bend region of West Texas in the Terlingua/Alpine area produces some incredibly beautiful agates, many with unique characters. The Pom-Poms are among them, though my ID is just an informed guess.
Thanks! Contextually that would make sense. I haven't run into too much pompom agate before, and what I've seen wasn't this nice. I'm going to have to take a look at finding some more.
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