Some (Christmas bought) Locality Agates that I've added to my locker.

[Mr_Rosenheim]

Firstly it's been more than a bit since I've added some Agate-zine here on HSO & for that I am abashed to say. I like chipping in here and chiming in on the lade's that I find in Buckeye Country; and I like propping others on their stashes as well. Typically I put up stills of stuff I've found myself, but I thought it was high time to share some collector caliber Agates I've sniped and won on HSO-Classifieds. These specimens will dwarf alot of The Ohioan found material I've come across due to the material being more lithic and silica rich - so get ready for a toss up of my good stuff. The first up on my bracket of agates is a hummocky peeler: a 2lb & 1.80 Oz Carnelian agate from Madagascar; I scored this one for $45.00 (did they see me coming or was it worth it?)

Next up is a grab bag lot of Gobi Desert: Mongolian Agates & Jasper (which typically resemble Libyan Desert Glass with their pocked out surface and tempered-sand salmon color) being so the rarer Gobi Agates are with eyes & fortification banding. Gobi Agates are particularly nifty due to their xeric and dust devil ridden homeland (The Gobi) with it's high winds and sand shearing emery that balds away at and retools the agates until they look like some sort of taffies or Wonka candies. See what I mean:

And a threes to this company is a dusky forest blue/green (4 0z) Laker that had some interesting color-play on it's face; as well as some tree ringed target like eyes on it's backside.

As for the ender of the four: for you Minnesota/Michigan Agateers that prowl HSO-Classifieds you may know of this similar breed of Agates that look akin to you're own; called Rain-flower Agate: from Nanijing,China. Lets just say I pined away for weeks at a (certain) HSO-Classifieds sellers store and watched new lots come in an out of his queue until I found my "Shining Trapezohedron" of agates. An extremely dark, florid Rainflower that I had to nab; complete with two rooms, large key back circles, and some darned snazzy handiwork by mother nature in bands. This is definitely the best Agate I own, and weighty for a Rainflower Agate as they run in size. Here it is: I call it my Oni Stone.

Ps. I might be up in Pinckney MI for a bid: for some Winterized Camping inside a snow cave; and so I've heard that Jackson MI (50 minutes) away has an unnamed variety of Agate? When I'm there I'll try my hand at finding one near a water supply or gravel run. Also here's a listed agate from Jackson:

[TonkaBass]

very very nice

[Mr_Rosenheim]

Thanks for the props Tonka; I keep them lock & key and wouldn't turn them into cabs if my life depended on it.

[DARK30]

That Rainflower is special! There was a guy at the Moose Lake show selling those..very nice.

[Mr_Rosenheim]

Thanks EggMan; so I was spot on in thinking that Agateer's from Michigan had seen some Rain flower Cobble's - I thought you'd had ken enough to know of them for sure. So how goes it on you're front; have you decamped from home anytime in 09 or 2010 and come across some Kapital (with a K) Agates. I've been slogging through snow drift to a yielding gravel run during the on and off melt periods in Ohio and have managed to find two of my nicest ever "shake-sized" fortification agates. How about you; any stunners or ship shape nodules as of late?

[DARK30]

I can't see anything but snow right now (lots of snow)...when she melts tho, I think a lot of new rock is gonna see daylight for the first time since Noah

[HotPocket]

Nice rocks Mr.Rosenheim.

Come on Spring!

[Mr_Rosenheim]

Hahahah... Noah... it would be crazy if you went gravel run fishing and by chance found some Agatized Caveman head made up of Laker material. Who knows: they've found Opalized dino skeletons - so a big grilled apen man could be next...lol.

[Mr_Rosenheim]

Thanks for looking HotPocket.