Odd/Rare/Perfect: How I evaluate Agates and Geodes
This posting highlights several Carver agates/geodes cut in the winter of 2026. I have selected stones that are either odd or rare (seldom found or observed) or perfect or near perfect in one or several regards. Some I will merely categorize, and I will provide a short explanation of my categorization criteria for others. If I merely categorize a stone without explanation, feel free to contact me for more explanation. This posting is also available as a Carver Report so you can locate it easily in the future. ODD Images 6791, 6792, 6793 below—3 different aspects of a rock I call Deep Pit Rock—represent well my “odd” category. This is a hand ground and polished blue agate nodule (could be a geode, but without cutting it I can’t tell) from the, so called by me, “Deep Pit” area of The Carver Agate Field. The Deep Pit area was featured in […]









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