{"id":7791,"date":"2026-04-15T17:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasamethystagate.com\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:51:27","slug":"islesboro-maine-stones-and-pendants-added-to-the-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasamethystagate.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/islesboro-maine-stones-and-pendants-added-to-the-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Islesboro, Maine Stones and Pendants added to The Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0Islesboro jewelry piece #20<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have just updated the About Section<\/a> of this website to explain when and why I left Texas and moved back to an island off the coast of Maine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took hundreds (thousands?) of pounds of rocks I collected from The Carver Agate Field which I continue to cut, polish, and explore as my primary focus and lapidary effort.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But since Islesboro, Maine has a varied and interesting geology, I have been collecting, cutting, polishing, and designing Islesboro jewelry to showcase what I have found on this island off the coast of Maine where my studio\/shop\/museum is now located.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These Islesboro Jewelry pieces are now in The Shop for your viewing<\/a> and, if you like, can be purchased, along with my Texas Carver Agate Field jewelry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Islesboro jewelry piece #3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Islesboro jewelry piece # 12<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Islesboro jewelry piece #20 I have just updated the About Section of this website to explain when and why I left Texas and moved back to an island off the coast of Maine. I took hundreds (thousands?) of pounds of rocks I collected from The Carver Agate Field which I continue to cut, polish, and explore as my primary focus and lapidary effort.\u00a0 But since Islesboro, Maine has a varied and interesting geology, I have been collecting, cutting, polishing, and designing Islesboro jewelry to showcase what I have found on this island off the coast of Maine where my studio\/shop\/museum is now located.\u00a0 These Islesboro Jewelry pieces are now in The Shop for your viewing and, if you like, can be purchased, along with my Texas Carver Agate Field jewelry. 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