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Midwinter Cutting of Agates and Geodes from The Carver Agate Field

Midwinter Cutting of Agates and Geodes from The Carver Agate Field

By /February 4, 2026 /0 comments /Cut Rocks

It is January 25, 2026, slightly above zero in temperature, snow storm in progress. It is a good day to post my newest cut and polished agates and geodes from The Carver Agate Field. This post involves several of the most interesting material. I am including a new photo gallery to accompany this post. The gallery is titled, January 2026 Blizzard Gallery, and it contains a lot more of what I have been up to this winter. Be sure to check it out! Texas Amethyst Agate World Headquarters Shop Museum and Gallery Rock #6647 First up: #6647 is a brecciated sagenitic fortification agate geode. Wow, what a mouthful! The greenish blobs in the bottom third of the stone, in the center, are the sagenitic part. The geode part in the detail above is the red crystal lined cavity. The brecciated part is comprised of the several brown colored shards of […]

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COLD SNOWY WEATHER = LOTS OF NEW ROCK SPECIMENS FROM THE CARVER

COLD SNOWY WEATHER = LOTS OF NEW ROCK SPECIMENS FROM THE CARVER

By /February 19, 2025 /2 comments /Cut Rocks

Let’s see what we’ve got today! Rock #5828I love this rock. Be sure to click on the image to enlarge it! Rock #5863Fragmented filament blue agate geode Rock #5844All that sagenitic stuff that makes The Carver rocks geologically interesting Rock #5868Eye agate/fortification agate—Click on the image to zoom in on it. Rock #5858I just like this rock! Rock #5859A thrill to cut and polish Rock #5814 Rock #5815Rocks 5814 and 5815 are both sides of a fist sized blue fragmented filament agate.I loved cutting and polishing this stone. Rock #5883A cross-section of a blue agate nodule with a really cool shape and color Rock #5898A perfect yellow banded agate Rock #5829Lots to unpack here: electric blue fortification agate, plume agate surrounding brown shards of lava Rock #5830Click on the image to enlarge it and zoom on the red/yellow/green blob in the upper left side of this specimen Rock # 5861Click […]

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Texas Amethyst Agate World Headquarters on a peaceful winter night in February 2025!

Texas Amethyst Agate World Headquarters on a peaceful winter night in February 2025!

By /February 18, 2025 /2 comments /News

Two views: So much snow . . . And so many stars!

Cold and Snowy January and February = Lots More Cabs!

Cold and Snowy January and February = Lots More Cabs!

By /February 17, 2025 /4 comments /Cut Rocks

The first half of January 2025 was cold with not much snow, and then it started snowing, and it’s been snowing more or less constantly thru today, February 16, with more on the way in the coming week! So outside activities, other than bringing in firewood for the wood stove, have been very limited and therefore this is a great opportunity to cut and polish stones. This posting is just about the cabs I have cut recently. The next one will feature the polished rock specimens recently cut. There are 14 rocks in this set of cabs I’m presenting today. I hope you enjoy the variety of the new cuttings, it was a hoot for me to cut them! Texas-sized Icicle, but in Maine! Cut wood, then cut rocks . . . Rock #5892Bullfrog Agate Geode Rock #5903Plume Agate Rock #5906Paisley Agate Rock #5880 Rock #5884 Rock #5886 Rock #5887 […]

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Winter Stone Cutting and Wood Cutting in Maine

Winter Stone Cutting and Wood Cutting in Maine

By /January 12, 2022 /3 comments /Cut Rocks

My cutting of the voluminous Carver material continues between wood cutting activity to heat my home. Rock #4604 Rock #4606 Winter is wood cutting time in Maine as the swamps and low places, which are otherwise filled with water, freeze hard, leveling out the low muddy places. I access these frozen places on my ATV and cut and haul out my firewood. I split the wood with my wood splitter and then stack it on my porch (a 2 to 4 day supply), move it inside, and then ‘feed’ my wood stove as needed. Stove and Woodpile Splitter and Woodpile Why do I store wood inside when it is piled conveniently on the porch? Because this morning at 5 a.m. it was 7 degrees above zero and at 9:30 a.m. it had dropped to 0 degrees! Warm wood burns easier than cold wood. Cutting rocks is much easier than cutting […]

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