News from the Blog
- July 23, 2021
TexasAmethystAgate Museum, Art Gallery, and Shop: A Video Tour and More!
Watch the tour and then read below for more details on the completion of the new headquarters: The Museum The wall shelves display the best and most - June 17, 2021
Carver Geode with New Mystery
What are the tiny long black crystals inside the small white geode center? Baffles me! I have cut open and looked at literally thousands of The - June 16, 2021
A First! Ametrine Geode Discovered on The Carver!
Ametrine is a single stone which is part amethyst (purple quartz) and part citrine (yellow quartz). While I have found some great amethyst geode - May 20, 2021
Gordon Sanborn: Another rocker friend ‘leaves the building’
My good rocker friend Gordon Sanborn, of The Daily Grind in Alpine, Texas, passed recently. Gordie was a highly talented lapidist who ground rocks - April 11, 2021
Easter Gallery from ‘The Carver’ Agate Field Collection
Another two weeks of exploring, cutting and polishing stones from ‘The Carver’ agate field. Please visit the new Maine Gallery entitled
Free-Form Designer Cabachons
These gemstones are hand picked from the surface of ‘The Carver’ agate field near Alpine, Texas. They are 100% natural, sustainable, and collected without any mining or digging of any kind, therefore, they are environmentally friendly. Because these gems are 100% natural, the color you see in each stone is exactly what nature produced….no artificial enhancements. These gemstones contain natural flaws, imperfections, and inclusions which is exactly how nature created them. You can read about ‘The Carver’ agate field on this website. And please visit The SHOP to see more.
The Bracelets
The bracelets are free-form designer bracelets. I do not produce perfect stones, but rather natural stones that are individually one of a kind PIECES OF ART created from ‘The Carver’ agate field in the far West Texas desert. Since each bracelet is unique, I cannot duplicate bracelets presented here. I will periodically bring to the site new bracelets and new stones. I only make a new bracelet when I cut and polish a stone which inspires me to create and design a piece of jewelry art that showcases that stone. These bracelets are best able to showcase the extraordinary agates from the “Carver.” You can view all of the available bracelets in The SHOP.
Field Diversity
The “Carver” agate find is diverse, colorful, and unique. A wide range of colors is available in the stones found in this field, and the stones themselves are diverse and include geodes, jaspers, and chalcedony. More about the geologic make-up of the “Carver” can be found in the official report about the field. You can view examples of the diversity of the field at the Galleries Page, which lists the wide variety of galleries created to display the amazing variety found in this unique and very special agate formation.
