An Ohioan member with some Agate/Agate Variant Offerings.

[Mr_Rosenheim]

Hello Mystery Egg seekers; whether it be Moose lake Agate, Lake Superior Agate, Borden/Kentuckian Agate, Dryhead Montana, Mother Russian Agate, Brazilian Agate...etc - I wish you the best in plying you're trade in kaleidoscope colored Ostrich eggs...lol. Franky said I wish they turned out that big all the time; most hit the marker at being the size of hen eggs or a gobstopper gumball; but on that rare occasion you'll drag net a small gorgon of an Agate - which is pure bliss. As for my experience with the Crypto (crystalline) family, I've only been "Up and at 'em" for nearly half a year now, with little excursions on and off and have panned together quite a little bounty now. Nothing like a big gallery of Agates like in Moose Lake ("I wish") - but nothing too shabby either; and all my finds are from unmapped areas (mostly waterways and neighborhood creeks) that aren't even said to hold Agate or anything of the like; which I guess boosts their 1 of a kind appeal.

Anyways I've just recently found out the wonders of Muriatic acid in treating Agates; that chalky crud caliche is a pain in the [PoorWordUsage] in marring up stones - but it took it off like Goo gone. But since I now have some slicker looking Agates I thought I would tag up some eyecandy in the next few weeks; as for now I have some Macro-photo's of a few neat specimens I've come across.

The first one I am going to post is rather peculiar: I've come to the conclusion that it's either an Orbicular Jasper: with Chalcedony or Agate veins; or some sort of Grape Agate - it's a nice orangey 1-2 pounder though. Then the next on the list would be one of my star specimens: it seems to be a Variegated Honey colored Agate nodule (seven pounds in weight) with a range of colors and patterns: mostly a orange ocher with an orange striae of veins, an almost Flower Garden Agate array of yellow flecks, some blues and an almost opalite opaque white. Anyways here they are below - enjoy:

I wish I could find one like this: a Moss Agate Boulder!