Here are five random Carver agates I cut this week! One is the first one I’ve seen!
These are five of the six agates I cut this week. The sixth stone will be the subject of my next blog. It is so cool and unusual.
Detail of Rock #4681 – Click to enlarge
Rock #4679 – Click to enlarge
Rock #4685 – Click to enlarge
Rock #4683 – Click to enlarge
Rock #4687 – Click to enlarge
Being lucky enough to cut five totally different agate types in a single week is a ‘rock hound’ fantasy! And why I never get bored as I continue to explore the amazing diversity of the Carver Agate Field agates.
The highly variable colors, patterns, banding, and sagenitic inclusions make these just pure fun. Rock #4685 is another ‘first’ for me: white matrix with multiple colored sagenitic inclusions. I wish I had 50 pounds of this, but no, this was a small vein agate.
Beauty waiting to be opened and revealed to everyone–of course, it takes a lot of elbow work and dedication to cut and polish–